Report on ‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Forestry’
October 15 , 2022 772 days 583 0
The report was produced through a partnership between Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the non-profit Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the lead centre of the CGIAR (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.
In 2019, the FAO adopted the Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors.
Mainstreaming biodiversity means embedding biodiversity considerations into policies, strategies and practices of key public and private actors to promote the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organisations engaged in research about food security.
Forests cover 31 per cent of the world’s land surface & store an estimated 296 gigatonnes of carbon.
The world’s forests provide habitats for about 80 per cent of amphibian species, 75 per cent of bird species and 68 per cent of mammal species.
In addition, about 60 per cent of all vascular plants occur in tropical forests.