Sustainable Forest Management

Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Afforestation - Agroforestry - Forest concessions - Forest governance - Forest industries - Forest management - Forestry education/training - Forestry research - Forestry services - Fuelwood/charcoal - Illegal timber trade & forest crime - Timber regulation - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)

Want to learn about the leading forest certification's tool to avoid timber from unacceptable sources? Take the free FSC Controlled Wood training course!

Ulrich Malessa posted Information | 15 March 2017

FSC is offering a free course that takes you through the what, how and why of the FSC controlled wood standard. FSC's controlled wood requirements are used (estimation by FSC) covering a market volume of 110 billion USD per year. The standard will be used by nearly 4000 companies and delivering...

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Group: Sustainable Forests for the Future
Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to the Pacific

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 3 February 2017

Extremely vulnerable to climate change, the Pacific islands are receiving support on resilience and disaster preparedness from the EU. Ambassador Andrew Jacobs discusses renewable energy projects, capacity building at government level and resilience at community level, as well as EU collaboration...

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Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to Haiti

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 13 January 2017

Haiti has struggled to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010 which exacerbated existing development challenges. Ambassador Vincent Degert discusses how development and humanitarian actors are working together to build resilience on the island in the face of continued threats. He also...

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Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to Haiti

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 19 December 2016

Haiti has struggled to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010 which exacerbated existing development challenges. Ambassador Vincent Degert discusses how development and humanitarian actors are working together to build resilience on the island in the face of continued threats. He also...

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Part Two: How is the EU Supporting Sustainable Consumption and Production?

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 20 October 2016

DEVCO is supporting work at the intersection of environment, economy and business in its partner countries to avoid the polluting pathway of many industrialised countries and develop green businesses from the outset. It means working at many levels – training entrepreneurs, sharing best practices,...

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Part One: Rethinking Business Models for Sustainability

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 20 October 2016

One of the great challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals will be finding ways of lifting populations out of poverty, which is often associated with increased consumption and production, while at the same time dealing with emissions and meeting environmental targets. The question is how to...

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Views from the Field: In Conversation with the Foreign Minister and EU Ambassador to Timor-Leste

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 26 August 2016

Emerging from over two decades of conflict and instability, in May 2002 the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the 21st century’s first new sovereign state. Since then the country’s government – with assistance from the international community – has worked hard to lay the groundwork for...

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Wildlife Conservation for Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 10 May 2016

Africa’s wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate, encroached on by a human population set to double by 2050. The latest European Commission report on conserving the continent’s biodiversity is entitled ‘Larger than Elephants’, reflecting that the species and landscapes at risk go far beyond...

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Wildlife Conservation for Development

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 29 April 2016

Africa’s wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate, encroached on by a human population set to double by 2050. The latest European Commission report on conserving the continent’s biodiversity is entitled ‘Larger than Elephants’, reflecting that the species and landscapes at risk go far beyond...

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Yukon 273

Zhijian Wang updated the WIKI page | 15 March 2016

BASIN Total Basin Name Area_km 2 Yukon 273 835040 Country Country COUNTRY Area_km 2 Percentage 332422 40 Canada 502618 60 United States of America Basin Nature Basin Basin-Human Rights_km 3 Rights_km 3 Population Rights_km 3 200.602500 60.180750 145,200 0.246840 COUNTRY Country Country-Human...

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Group: IRLN=International River Law Network & IWRF=International Water Rights Forum

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