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Assessing the governance of tenure for improving forests and livelihoods. A tool to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure.

Type of publication: Book Publisher: FAO Year of publication: 2019 Place of publication: Rome, Italy Pages: 72 p. Serial Title: Forestry Working Paper Series number: 13 ISBN: 978-92-5-131553-8 doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/ca5039en

Agrovoc: Forestry sector; Land governance; Land tenure; Customary tenure; Community forestry; REDD-plus; Forest management; Sustainable livelihoods.

Abstract: This tool is intended to help countries evaluate their forest tenure systems, particularly those that facilitate participation of non-state actors in forestry, including co-management regimes, community forestry, smallholder forestry, large holder forestry, or company concessions granted on State lands. It uses the internationally endorsed Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) as its basis. Forest tenure review may be conducted in the context of policy or legal reform, to inform Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) policy formulation, to improve understanding of a specific tenure system that is under-performing, or to strengthen performance of the various participatory forestry arrangements in country. The assessment tool can provide a very comprehensive understanding of tenure and governance related drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and ways to address them.

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Cite this publication as: FAO. 2019. Assessing the governance of tenure for improving forests and livelihoods – A tool to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure. Forestry Working Paper no. 13. Rome.

Forest product conversion factors

Type of publication: Book Publisher: FAO, ITTO and United Nations Year of publication: 2020 Place of publication: Rome, Italy Other Entities Involved: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Pages: 70 p. ISBN: 978-92-5-132247-5 doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/ca7952en

Agrovoc: Forest products; Raw materials; Production data; Data collection; Measurement.

Abstract: Forest products conversion factors provides ratios of raw material input to the output of wood-based forest products for 37 countries of the world. Analysts, policymakers, forest practitioners and forest-based manufacturers often

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have a need for this information for understanding the drivers of efficiency, feasibility and economics of the sector. In addition, conversion factors are often needed to convert from one unit of measure to another. The publication also includes explanations on the units of measure, the drivers of the ratios, as well as information on physical properties of wood- based forest products. Finally, where reported factors were unavailable, factors from other sources are given.

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Cite this publication as: FAO, ITTO and United Nations. 2020. Forest product conversion factors. Rome.

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Peatland mapping and monitoring. Recommendations and technical overview.

Type of publication: Book Publisher: FAO Year of publication: 2020 Place of publication: Rome, Italy Other Entities Involved: Global Peatlands Initiative Pages: 82 p. ISBN: 978-92-5-132295-6 doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8200en

Agrovoc: Peatlands; Climate change mitigation; Environmental monitoring; Monitoring techniques; Case studies.

Abstract: Integration of peatlands into land-use monitoring systems is central to the conservation of their carbon storage – be they conserved, degraded or restored. Healthy peatlands mitigate climate change, enhance adaptive capacity and maintain ecosystem services and biodiversity. Albeit peatlands are starting to receive a high level of attention and the scientific basis for their monitoring has quickly developed over the last few years. Robust and practical approaches and tools for developing and integrating peatland-monitoring into national monitoring and reporting frameworks is an important opportunity for countries to limit global warming to 2 °C.

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The State of the World’s Forests 2020. Forests, biodiversity and people

Type of publication: Book Publisher: FAO and UNEP Year of publication: 2020 Place of publication: Rome, Italy Other Entities Involved: UNEP Pages: 214 p. Serial Title: The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) Series number: 2020 ISBN: 978-92-5-132419-6 doi: https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8642en

Agrovoc: Forest ecosystems; Species; Forest genetic resources; Genetic diversity (as resource); Biodiversity conservation; Deforestation; Forest degradation; Forest landscape restoration; Forest conservation; Sustainable forest management; Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract: As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011–2020 comes to a close and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, this edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who