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FactsheetStrengthening Myanmar’s National Forest Monitoring Capacities - TCP/MYA/3501 2019
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No results found.Forests are of critical importance to Myanmar’s rural economy and forest-dependent communities. Rural poverty, overharvesting and shifting cultivation have been threatening the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM), and there has been an alarming rate of forest cover loss in the country in recent decades. SFM is largely dependent on the availability of reliable and up-to-date information on the extent and quality of forests, based on periodic monitoring. Against this background, it was necessary to greatly improve capacities to collect, analyse and report forest-related data, and to establish centralized data storage and a sharing mechanism. The project was implemented in synergy with other related projects, of which the most relevant one was the United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). -
General interest bookAdvancing the forest and water nexus - A capacity development facilitation guide 2019Forests are intrinsically linked to water – forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our accessible freshwater resources (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005) – and both forest and water resources are relevant to the achievement of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the important interlinkages, the forest-water nexus is often unaccounted for in policy and planning. For example, three quarters of forests are not managed for soil and water conservation, which poses a fundamental challenge to achieving sustainable and resilient communities and ecosystems. It is paramount to employ an integrated approach to forest and water resources in management and policy that takes into account the complexity and contextual nature of forest-water relationships. To achieve this, we must improve our understanding of forest-water relationships within local contexts and at different scales, as well as our ability to design, implement, and learn from landscape approaches that both rely on these forest-water relationships, and impact them. In this context, FAO’s Forest and Water Programme has developed a module-based capacity development facilitation guide for project and community stakeholders involved in forest, water and natural resource management to ensure we apply our knowledge to better manage forests and trees for their multiple benefits, including water quantity, quality and the associated socio-economic benefits that people within and outside forests so heavily depend on.
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FactsheetStrengthening Community Resilience through Sustainable Forest Landscape Restoration and Legal Timber Production - FMM/GLO/174/MUL 2025
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No results found.Forests are crucial to the livelihoods of smallholders, Indigenous communities, and forest user groups, yet face significant degradation from unsustainable practices, deforestation, and climate change. Furthermore, competition from other land uses has disrupted agrarian landscapes, diminishing the ability of forests to support local economies, resilience, and recovery. Both Ghana and Cambodia are heavily impacted by these challenges, necessitating targeted forest restoration and sustainable management strategies. In response, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented the Restoration for Resilience and Recovery (FMM3R) subprogramme, combining expertise from three FAO Forestry Division (NFO) programmes. Through multistakeholder dialogue, green value chain development, and capacity building, the project empowered communities to sustainably manage their forest resources while improving their livelihood opportunities and access to funding.
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