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)

GCCA Partners Take Stock of Climate Change Actions in Developing Countries

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 27 November 2012

The European Union’s Global Climate Change Alliance, or GCCA, recently held it’s first Global Learning Event to identify achievements and lessons learned so far, and to consolidate thinking towards the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha.

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Team FLEGT commented on a wiki page | 8 November 2012

5. Interviews made at the Conference "Guardians of the forests?" - 10 years of EU FLEGT - European Parliament

Have a look on these very interesting interviews made at the Conference "Guardians of the Forests?" organised on October 9 at the European Parliament .

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Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 7 November 2012

Climate change is a devastating reality in Tanzania where higher temperatures are resulting in regular droughts and the rapid melting of the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Difficult lives are getting even tougher, so the European Union Delegation to Tanzania has come up with an innovative eco-...

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Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 6 November 2012

Climate change is a devastating reality in Tanzania where higher temperatures are resulting in regular droughts and the rapid melting of the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Difficult lives are getting even tougher, so the European Union Delegation to Tanzania has come up with an innovative eco-...

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The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 11 October 2012

Climate change and extreme weather, population growth, galloping urbanization and soil degradation impact the lives of an unprecedented number of people today. More communities are exposed to possible natural or economic disaster than ever before. Bolstering their ability to handle a shock and its...

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Team FLEGT commented on a wiki page | 18 September 2012

1. FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) : Training Films

Dear members, we invite you to watch these 4 movies (dated December 2010) to have a very nice and complete overview of the FLEGT VPAs matter.

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Communities and Environment Set to Benefit from Timber Authentication System

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 31 August 2012

At the annual EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) week in Brussels, attendees discussed new agreements that could provide guarantees that timber entering the European Union is legally sourced, protecting environments and increasing revenues for many tropical region countries.

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Renewable Energy Sources Hold Key to Unlocking Rural Africa’s Power Potential

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 9 August 2012

Per capita electricity consumption in Africa is well below the average for residents of the European Union but that doesn’t mean that the continent is short of sustainable power-generating potential, according to a report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

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Renewable Energy Sources Hold Key to Unlocking Rural Africa’s Power Potential

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 8 August 2012

Per capita electricity consumption in Africa is well below the average for residents of the European Union but that doesn’t mean that the continent is short of sustainable power-generating potential, according to a report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

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New Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Development Cooperation

Sarah Simpson updated the Article | 13 June 2012

With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, experts agree that the continuing trend towards urbanisation is both inevitable and irreversible. New EC guidelines propose a fresh mindset to assist the development of better cities.

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