1. Forests and biodiversity |
| 1.1 State of the forests and assessment techniques |
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State of the forests at national or regional levels.
Models of growth and yield, inventories.
Remote sensors and other techniques |
1.2 Deforestation and forest fragmentation |
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Deforestation rates. Deforestation by forest type.
Endangered species.
Causes for deforestation, economic strategies to reduce deforestation.
Sector responses, new products and services.
Fragmentation and habitat loss. Connectivity models. |
1.3 Restoration and rehabilitation of forest ecosystems |
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Reforestation with native species.
Restoration experiences and models, biodiversity recovery.
Landscape restoration. |
1.4 Contribution of biodiversity |
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Ecologic importance.
Resilience, stability, productivity and other essential functions.
Economic aspects and benefit sharing. |
1.5 Management for forest´s conservation |
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Protected areas.
Management strategies in protected areas. Trends.
Conservation for development.
Conservation corridors.
Intangibility.
Management practices of flora and fauna.
Protected areas and community development.
Impact of herbivores over the conservation and sustainability of forests. |
| 1.6 Wildlife associated to forests |
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Illegal trade and derived products.
Management practices for wildlife.
Relations between rustic fauna and communities (wild meet, conflicts)
Breeding of wild animals.
Wild games tourism and its effects over forests. |
1.7 Genetic diversity |
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Genetic variation in relation to use.
Variation and environmental gradients or evolutive processes.
Conservation of variation and its strategic use.
Strategies for conservation and management of genetic diversity. |
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2. Producing for development |
2.1 Management of native forest resources and ecosystems |
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Adaptative management.
Management techniques and its ecologic and economic influence.
Use of a larger number of species in high diversity forests.
Sustainability indicators. |
2.2 Planted forests |
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Importance of planted forests.
Planted forests and their multiple relations with native forests.
Trends and perspectives (global and regional) for planted forests
Sustainability indicators.
Impact of planted forests (water, soils, efficiency in the use of resources, landscapes, biodiversity).
Monospecific and plurispecific planted forests.
Productivity and efficiency in the use of resources.
Nurseries.
Establishment and management techniques.
Precision management. |
2.3 Agroforestry systems |
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Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems.
Relations between its components. Economic, ecologic, political, social and cultural influences.
Management systems and use. |
| 2.4 Maintenance and increase of productive capacity |
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Silvicultural practices
Genetic improvement including genetic modification.
Soils conservation (fertility, adequate use). |
| 2.5 Forests and energy |
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Fuelwood production and use.
Industrial biofuels.
Energetic forests.
Cogeneration.
Economic aspects.
Impacts over ecosystems.
Externalities in bioenergy production.
Policies and planning. |
2.6 Practices of forest utilization |
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Harvesting technologies
Low impact logging.
Environmental impacts.
Engineering and transport.
Residues management |
| 2.7 Non-wood forest products |
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State and perspectives of NWFP.
Socio-economic impact.
Inventory methodologies.
Traditional uses. |
2.8 Trees outside forests and other wooded land |
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Evaluation of trees outside forests.
Social and economic importance. |
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3. Forests in the service of people |
| 3.1 Water and forests |
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Influence of forests in water quality and quantity.
Watershed integrated management.
Forests, water and soil stability. |
| 3.2 Forests and climate change |
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Ecosystems adaptation to climate change.
Climate change mitigation. Opportunities and constraints.
Reduction of emissions from deforestation.
Forest products as carbon sinks.
Other consequences of climate change. |
3.3 Tourism and recreation |
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Forest management caring for scenic value.
Impact of tourism over forests and other related areas.
Development opportunities for local communities.
Ecotourism. |
3.4 Urban trees |
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Impact over energetic balance.
Urban aesthetics.
Public health (pollution, noise, recreation).
Planning and management techniques.
Urban-rural relationships. |
| 3.5 Other environmental services |
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Polinization.
Erosion control.
Nutrients cycle.
Air quality. |
3.6 Valuation of environmental services and benefit sharing |
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Methodology.
Case studies.
Innovative financial mechanisms for forest conservation and management.
Valuation and payment for environmental services
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4. Caring for our forests |
| 4.1 Forests and fire |
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Fire management.
Fire as a natural disturbance.
Prescriptive fires.
Fire ecology.
Predictive models of fire.
Fire and climate change |
| 4.2 Invasive species, pests and diseases |
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Exotic species and invasion.
Integrated pest management.
Pest economic impact.
Invasions, health and climate change. |
4.3 Other disturbances |
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Floods, earthquakes, eruptions, hurricanes, landslides, others |
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5. Forest sector: development opportunities |
| 5.1 Sustainability and economic viability |
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Economic viability of SFM and determining aspects.
Financial risks, evaluation and management possibilities. |
5.2 Industry and forest development |
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Articulation of the forest chain.
Development of forest clusters.
Innovative technologies and products.
Enabling conditions for development.
Environment-industry relationship. |
| 5.3 Small and medium scale forest enterprises |
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Socioeconomic impact.
Integration in the production chain.
Access to credit. Micro-financing.
Networks and support platforms. |
| 5.4 Forest products trade |
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Trade trends and perspectives.
Trade barriers. |
| 5.5 Forest certification |
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Positive and negative impacts of forest certification.
Impact of certification over sustainability.
Credibility. |
5.6 Forests and poverty reduction |
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Socioeconomic impact of the forest sector. |
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6. Organizing forest development |
6.1 International dialogue and processes and their impact |
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Influence over national and regional policies
Impact of international agreements over the forestry sector
Processes of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.
Usefulness, convergence and divergence |
6.2 Instruments for forest planning and development |
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Optimization, simulation and heuristic techniques and other tools.
Forest promotion.
The forestry sector within development policies. |
| 6.3 Institutional settings, law compliance and good governance |
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Adequacy and institutional strength for development.
Illegal harvesting and trade.
Legal coherence.
Impacts of decentralization processes.
Legal safeguards. |
| 6.4 Research, extension and education |
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Investment in research, contribution of the public and private sectors.
Contribution to the sector development.
Efficiency and development of forest extension.
Knowledge insertion in formal education. |
| 6.5 Intersectoral policies and influences |
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Policy development at the intersectoral level.
Forest-agriculture interface.
Articulation in legal and political processes. |
6.6 Contribution of the forest sector to national and local economies |
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Aspects regarding the forest sector contribution to the GDP.
Green accounting.
Forest development and employment generation.
Forest-based rural development.
Contribution of the forest sector to trade. Trends. |
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7. People and forests in harmony |
| 7.1 Land tenure |
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Land tenure regimes and its impact over forest management. |
7.2 Native people, communities and institutions |
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Traditional knowledge, social, cultural and spiritual values.
Territorial rights of indigenous people. National and international standards.
Natural resources management models, including those promoting participation of different social sectors. |
| 7.3 Participatory management and processes |
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Participatory forest management.
Conflict prevention.
Resolution mechanisms. |
| 7.4 Work in the forestry sector |
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Ergonomics.
Security.
Ethics.
Social responsibility |
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