In collaboration with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Pakistan and the Planning & Development Department, the Environmental Cell of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) celebrated the International Day of Forests on March 21 and World Water Day on March 22 at the FATA Secretariat. Both days were…
Forests are undoubtedly amongst the most valuable ecosystem service providers in the world. Their role extends to securing sustainable energy, supporting biodiversity, safeguarding food and water security and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Despite this there has change in global…
Current drought conditions underscore Espirito Santo state’s support for intensive restoration assessments to help structure a landscape-level incentives programme for improving the watershed.
The 5th Mediterranean Forest week is taking place in Agadir (Morocco), from March 20-24th 2017. This forum, held every two years, is a major event featuring Mediterranean forests and brings the focus on the restoration of Mediterranean forests and landscapes. It gathers forest administrations,…
On this year’s International Day of Forests (21 March), the Government of Bangladesh has unveiled two new publications on Asian Elephants in the country. These books reveal the latest estimates of Bangladesh’s elephants along with their distribution, routes, and corridors. Haseeb Md. Irfanullah…
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The fruits of the Allanblackia, a tree considered vulnerable on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened Species, are harvested in the tropical rain belt of Africa – from Guinea in the west through to Tanzania in the east. Oil from the seeds has been extracted for generations and used for cooking or soap…
The answer is yes. Restoring and protecting mangroves helps fulfil multiple Global Goals, from improving life below water, to reducing poverty and hunger, to many goals in between. We take a closer look at why.
When farmers and small land holders organise into producer groups to support both livelihoods and forests, remarkable things can happen to a landscape – including a system to sustainably harness energy from forests. That is exactly what happened in a small agroforestry venture in Thailand – and…
In this blog, Li Jia, Forest Landscape Restoration Coordinator, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Asia Regional Office reflects on her visit to Sulawesi Island, Indonesia and the importance of the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) in driving local stakeholders towards achieving a common goal of…