Vol. 66 No. 2 (2011):
Special section

Global challenges and opportunities for forestry in the International Year of the Forests 2011

Eduardo Rojas-Briales
Vice Direttore Generale e responsabile del Dipartimento Forestale dell’Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l’Alimentazione e l’Agricoltura (FAO)

Published 2011-04-30

Keywords

  • world forests,
  • deforestation,
  • forest and climate change,
  • forest biodiversity,
  • forest communication,
  • International Year of the Forests,
  • sustainability,
  • green economies
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Abstract

The present paper presents key issues of international forestry like the recent evolution trends of forest cover and its linkages to socioeconomic changes, forests and climate change including the emergence of REDD, forest biodiversity, dry land forestry, forest fires, forestry and green economies and forest communication and the International Year of the Forests celebrated in 2011.