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Unasylva 239: The power of forests

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT

This edition of Unasylva comes in the wake of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, which, among other things, produced a document called The Future We Want. In it, world leaders renewed their commitment to sustainable development and recognized the enormous capacity of forests to address many of the most pressing sustainable development challenges. The articles in this edition of Unasylva suggest that awareness of the role of forests, and a willingness to pay for that role, will grow in coming decades; forests are too culturally, ecologically, economically and socially important to be neglected for much longer. Their move into the mainstream of development policy will do the world a power of good.

Unasylva 238: Measuring forest degradation

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Unasylva closes the International Year of Forests 2011 with a selection of papers on forest degradation. These were developed as part of a special study FAO and its partners conducted to create a set of indicators on the state of forest degradation. Also featured is a major study that analysed remote sensing imagery to understand forest-cover and land-use change; and a way to use such data to map the myriad opportunities for forest landscape restoration.

Unasylva 237: International Year of Forests 2011 - Celebrate forests every day

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FAO inaugurates the International Year of Forests with a special photographic issue of Unasylva. More than 100 international days are celebrated throughout the year, in recognition of a vast range of issues, occupations, activities and cultural values important to humanity. This beautiful compilation of images illustrates that forests have a link to almost all of them. While the international days are the thread that holds the collection together, the organization is thematic, rather than chronological, the better to catalogue forests’ place in many sectors. The issue expresses the theme of the international year – “Forests for people” – by showing how forests are important to nearly all kinds of human activity.

Unasylva 236: Forests, people and wildlife

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:00:00 GMT

FAO's international journal of forestry, Unasylva, celebrates 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, by examining strategies for the successful cohabitation of forests, people and wildlife. This issue addresses the challenges of balancing conservation and use of plant and animal biodiversity in forest settings, particularly where people's livelihoods or species survival are at stake. Also published in French and Spanish.

Unasylva 234/235: XIII World Forestry Congress

Mon, 31 May 2010 22:00:00 GMT

A special double issue sampling the wide-ranging information presented at the world’s largest forest-related gathering, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 18 to 23 October 2009. With articles from each of the seven main thematic areas of the congress, as well as an overview of the event and its recommendations.

Unasylva 233: Green jobs

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

What does financial and economic crisis mean for the forest sector, and what can the sector do to respond? C.T.S. Nair and R. Rutt overview opportunities for creating forestry jobs. T. Presas gives an industry perspective. R. Taylor illustrates impacts of the crisis for wood industry in North America. Subsequent articles examine measures to support forestry’s role in economic renewal in the United States (A.R. Kimbell and H. Brown), South America (I. Tomaselli), India (J.R. Matta), the Philippines (J.L. Atienza, Jr), China (Q. Ma, J. Liu and W. Du), Central Africa (J.C. Tieguhong et al.) and South Africa (R.N. Heath and S. Chipeta).

Unasylva No. 231/232

Mon, 11 May 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Adaptation to climate change