Forests and the environment
Partnerships and initiatives
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Restoration key to healthy Mediterranean forests
25/07/2024
IUCN and FAO sign joint agreement to facilitate data sharing to reach GBF Target 2
24/07/2024
Land restoration: Our legacy for generations to come
17/06/2024
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A review of existing approaches and methods to assess climate change vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent people
2018
This document provides an overview of vulnerability assessment methods and considers how they can be adapted to evaluate the vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent communities to climate and climate change.
Advancing the role of natural regeneration in large-scale forest and landscape restoration in the Asia-Pacific region
2018
Case studies and experiences with natural regeneration from the region have shown that natural regeneration significantly reduces the cost of restoration in areas that meet certain conditions. Native species that are adapted to the prevailing conditions re-establish on their own with some assistance, achieving accelerated growth in accordance with natural succession, leading to the recovery of native ecosystems
Unasylva 249: Sustainable wildlife management
2017
Examples are presented in this edition to show that sustainable wildlife management is also feasible in the modern era. In some cases, a sustainable offtake – by local people, trophy hunters and legitimate wildlife traders – is proving vital to obtain local buy-in to wildlife management and to pay the costs of maintaining habitats.