Forest Landscape Restoration in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Background Study for the Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in the Caucasus and Central Asia (21-22 June 2018, Astana, Kazakhstan)
This study, focusing primarily on the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union until the present day, identifies the key drivers of forest degradation and the potential for forest landscape restoration in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The study was undertaken to support the preparation of restoration pledges in the eight countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia in the run up to the Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in the Caucasus and Central Asia that took place in June 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan. At this Roundtable Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan committed to restore over 2.5 million ha of forest landscapes by 2030.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abstract
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Data sources
Executive summary
Introduction
Forests and forest landscapes in countries of the caucasus and central Asia
The status of forests in the caucasus and central Asia
Forest administration
Restoration needs and potential
Country situations
References
Abstract
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Data sources
Executive summary
Introduction
Forests and forest landscapes in countries of the caucasus and central Asia
The status of forests in the caucasus and central Asia
Forest administration
Restoration needs and potential
Country situations
References
