Forests: The Heart of the Green Economy

18 June, 2012 - 09:00 - 18:30

Location

Address:

Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro

Country:

Brazil

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and other international organizations are organizing this full-day side event during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The event will highlight the role of forests and industry in fostering local livelihoods at the resource base and in enabling product transition to a low-carbon bio-economy among consumers, and will cover the following themes: the role of the forest sector in emerging bio-economies; forest certification; and contributions of forest industry in rural development.

Link

Topic:

Adaptation | Development | Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Regions:

Amazonia

Stakeholders:

Academia

Funding institution

Government

Indigenous or forest-dwelling community

NGO - International

NGO - National