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Unasylva 247/248 - XIV World Forestry Congress

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 92 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Category FAO journal

ISBN No ISBN

Series title Unasylva

Series number Vol. 67 2016/2-3

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Forests are essential to life on our planet, to mitigating and adapting to climate change, ensuring adequate supply of fresh water, enhancing biodiversity and providing sustainable incomes and livelihoods, including food security. But they face unprecedented and unrelenting pressures. This issue includes a broad selection of the best papers submitted to the XIV World Forestry Congress (Durban, September 2015), as well as an overview of the Congress’s ambitious agenda and outcomes.

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