Forests
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function. The Food and Agriculture Organization defines a forest as land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use. Using this definition FRA 2020 found that forests covered 4.06 billion hectares …
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WRI: World Resources Institute · 5 September 2024 English
WRI, alongside its partners, organized a ‘‘high-level stakeholder consultative forum’’ to explore the interventions needed to scale the adoption of productive use of renewable energy in smallholder agricultural sector. The …
North America Programs Cities Climate Energy Food Forests Benson Ireri Africa Lead, Energy Access Email Submit …
WGCS: Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists · 24 July 2024 English
The "Blueprint to Repair Australia's Landscapes" is a comprehensive report that outlines a strategic approach for a 30-year investment aimed at restoring the health, productivity, and resilience of Australia's natural …
laws that permit broadscale clearing of native forests and woodlands). • Actions and investments will …
WGCS: Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists · 24 July 2024 English
The Wentworth Group, together with experts from academia, government and business, has developed a Blueprint to Repair Australia’s Landscapes. The Blueprint describes a suite of 24 practical actions and investments, …
laws that permit broadscale clearing of native forests and woodlands).14 The important role of Indigenous …
World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English
preservation of natural resources (community forests, waterways, mangroves, etc.) that could alleviate …
NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 18 July 2024 English
The development of the Punjab economy, as driven by the evolution of the GR and its impacts on the wider economy, has resulted in a mixed picture regarding growth of …
tourism potential as regions with coastlines, forests or wildlife. Globally, travel and tourism contributed …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 18 July 2024 English
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is supporting Brazil with the establishment of green spaces and farms in and around cities. The process is known as urban and peri-urban agriculture. …
identified are: energy; industry; agriculture and food; forests and land use; transport; and buildings and cities …
SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute · 18 July 2024 English
Using the Land Change Modeler (LCM) and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-Offs (InVEST), this study assesses carbon sequestration changes across Land Use and Cover (LULC) types in Thailand’s …
intervention, leading to 39.8% loss in flooded forests and significant agricultural and urban expansion; …
Western Australian Local Government Association · 18 July 2024 English
That the OAG provide a breakdown on the cost of the audit and justification for any variance to the estimate to the Local Government as part of the final billing …
- Proposed listing of the ‘Tuart Woodlands and Forests of the Swan Coastal Plain’ as a Threatened Ecological … represents to the growth and retention of urban forests; 2. recognises the importance of shared surveillance …
World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English
Cambodia has recorded impressive economic growth and improvements in social well-being in the last two decades, and it aspires to become an upper-middle income country by 2030 and a high-income …
analyzing the hydrology of mangrove forests before replanting forests, are vital for successful climate …
World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English
Assessment OP/BP 4.01 X Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 Xv Forests OP/BP 4.36 X Pest Management OP 4.09 X Physical … live in remote locations and close to commercial forests and national forest reserves in the country. … project does not intervene in areas of commercial forests or in close proximity to forest areas therefore …
