Societies, economies and the natural environment at large have felt profound and wide-ranging impacts from the financial and economic crisis. As the global crisis deepens, the impact on countries, especially developing ones, has on par worsened all parts of the economy with rising unemployment and endangered their natural resources.
In these times of hardship, forests and the forest sector are particularly vulnerable: rising pressure on forests for energy and subsistence farming as well as an increase in illegal activities pose serious threats affecting progress towards sustainable forest management (SFM). The impact of this crisis will end up spreading and further widening the poverty gap, increasing the cost of the crisis to the environment and climate change.
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Implications for sustainable forest management
Societies, economies and the natural environment at large have felt profound and wide-ranging impacts from the financial and economic crisis. As the global crisis deepens, the impact on countries, especially developing ones, has on par worsened all parts of the economy with rising unemployment and endangered their natural resources.
In these times of hardship, forests and the forest sector are particularly vulnerable: rising pressure on forests for energy and subsistence farming as well as an increase in illegal activities pose serious threats affecting progress towards sustainable forest management (SFM). The impact of this crisis will end up spreading and further widening the poverty gap, increasing the cost of the crisis to the environment and climate change.
See full Press Release.
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