Story | 07 Sep, 2016
Diversidad Socio Ambiental de los territorios indígenas en los bosques amazónicos
En un encuentro en el Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza Hawai’i 2016 se conoció sobre los mecanismos que permiten cuidar la diversidad socio ambiental de los territorios indígenas en los bosques amazónicos.
Publication | 2016
Knowledge for SDG action in West Asia and North Africa
This document will share with a broad audience of practitioners and policy makers, notably in the West Asia and Mediterranean regions, what integrated approaches are necessary to make water resources management and climate change resilience actions a success. It will describe the underlying…
Publication | 2017
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas
This report provides a first comprehensive overview of marine conservation efforts in the European Overseas: In the context of rapid global development in these areas, it takes stock and pinpoints the actions required to improve marine protection and strengthen resilience in these diverse…
Publication | 2016
This study presents some lessons from a selection of IUCN interventions in dryland areas that have adapted to a greater or lesser extent to the conditions of drylands, notably focusing on water management to deal with scarcity and variability. The study is intended as a means of capturing…
Story | 10 Aug, 2016
The Sixaola Binational Commission Promotes Participatory Planning in the Territory
Harboring six protected areas and six indigenous territories, the Sixaola river basin is characterized by biological and cultural diversity. However, social and environmental problems in this area require coordinated, binational attention due to the connectivity existing between Talamanca,…
Publication | 2015
Nexus governance : harnessing contending forces at work
Using case studies from Nepal, India and Thailand, this paper explores challenges and governance options that can accept social and physical uncertainties and build synergy across the water, energy, and food sectors.
Story | 26 Jul, 2016
Restoration commitments from Africa push the Bonn Challenge beyond 100 million hectares
Ministers from Guinea, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana have voiced their commitments today to restore 11.5 million hectares of degraded forests at a high-level roundtable in Kigali, Rwanda.
Jointly published | 2016
RFGI handbook II : implementing improved natural resource governance in practice
This Responsive Forest Governance Initiative Handbook defines basic democratic concepts and explains how democratic governance works. It then lays out responsive forest governance principles to be used when working with local government, parallel
Story | 15 Jul, 2016
Event: Enhancing local community participation in sustainable forest management
The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), FAO Forestry Department and partners are hosting a session at the FAO Committee on Forestry session (COFO 23) on July 20, 2016 from 9:00 – 16:30 in the Iran Room.