Forests and forestry : FAO and its work / FAO Forestry Department.
The FAO forestry department helps nations manage forests in a sustainable way. FAO's approach balances social, economic and environmental objectives so that recent generations can reap the benefits of the Earth's forest resources while preserving them to meet the needs of future generation...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The FAO forestry department helps nations manage forests in a sustainable way. FAO's approach balances social, economic and environmental objectives so that recent generations can reap the benefits of the Earth's forest resources while preserving them to meet the needs of future generations. The core of FAO's work in forestry is the direct technical support offered to countries to help them conserve and manage their forests, keep them healthy, harvest them wisely, market their products and make sure that their people reap the benefits equitably. FAO seeks solutions to strengthen forest management and conservation; eonvironmental and economic aspects of forest utilization; and forest policy and institutions. Moreover, the FAO Forestry Department is adapting its focus to address new global priorities and emerging issues of worldwide importance in which forests have an important role - such as safeguarding water supplies mitigating climate change and alleviating poverty, to name a few. The notes in this package summarize FAO's key work in forestry. Taken together, they form a compendium of the most critical forest-related issues affecting foresters, policy-makers and the public today - and a composite picture of the breadth and depth of FAO's work in support of the world's forests and trees and the people who depend on them.--Inside cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 28 sheets : color illustrations ; in portfolio 31 cm. |