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Report on ‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Forestry’
October 15 , 2022
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- 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.
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