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Acknowledgements
The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section expresses its deep gratitude to everyone who contributed to this edition of the Forest Products Annual Market Review.
Foreword
Forests in the UNECE region cover one third of the land surface and are fundamental for providing us with oxygen clean air and water. These treasure chests of biodiversity continuously increase the amount of carbon stocked in their biomass. The forests in the UNECE region have been sustainably managed for hundreds of years to become a rich source of wood a raw material with an extremely low carbon footprint.
Forest Products Annual Market Review 2022-2023
The Forest Products Annual Market Review 2022-2023 provides a comprehensive analysis of markets in the UNECE region and reports on the main market influences beyond the region. It covers products from the forest to the end user and from roundwood and primary processed products to value-added housing and wood energy. Statistics-based chapters analyse the markets sawn hardwood and wood-based panels. Underlying the analysis is a comprehensive collection of data. The Review highlights the role of sustainable forest products in international markets discusses policies concerning forests and forest products assesses the main trends and drivers and analyses the effects of the current economic situation on forest product markets.
Explanatory notes
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe agreed to use the term “war in Ukraine”.
Region on the Move: Regional Mobility Report for the Middle East and North Africa 2021–2022
Migration is deeply ingrained in the lives and livelihoods of people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The region witnesses three key migration patterns: labour migration mixed migration and displacement. Migration in the region in 2021–2022 was influenced by the pull of economic opportunity push of conflict environmental degradation and youth unemployment. The Region on the Move report describes migration trends at the regional level with a particular focus on socioeconomic challenges and climate risks in the MENA region. It also discusses the multidimensionality of vulnerability impacting migrants as well as opportunities for migrants in MENA.
Acknowledgements
The MENA Region on the Move 2021–2022 was led by Rajee Kanagavel (Regional Reporting Officer RDH) and Modher Alhamadani (Regional Data Hub Coordinator RO MENA) with support from Carlos Ernesto Ayala (Data and Statistics Officer RDH) Alaeddine Dridi (Research Officer RDH) Riham Abouelhassan (Data and Research Assistant) and Khobib Elsayed Awad Mohamed (Information Management Officer RDH).
Migrant protection
International migration often involves the return and readmission of migrants to their countries of origin or third countries followed by their reintegration into receiving societies and communities.
Introduction
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has more than 40 million migrants and refugees. Migration has been a significant source of development in the region due to access to labour for destination countries migrants’ contribution to the economies or remittances for origin countries.