Growing a Green Economy in Africa: Why Forests Matter

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.authorInternational Institute for Environment and Development
dc.contributor.otherGrieg-Gran, Maryanne
dc.contributor.otherBass, Steve
dc.contributor.otherBooker, Francesca
dc.contributor.otherDay, Mike
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:15:56Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:15:56Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.descriptionThere is economic potential in African forests but it is threatened by an increasing demand for forest products, and by encroachment from other sectors. The Briefing explores the potential of a ‘green economy’ approach to the forest sector, which seeks to improve human wellbeing and social equity while reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. Interventions across Africa that aim to conserve, enhance and restore natural capital increase resource efficiency or promote sustainable consumption, show how forests could help drive a green economy transformation. Our scenario analysis indicates that a selection of such interventions, when scaled up, could help to meet increased demand for timber while enabling sustainable forest management. But scaling up of promising interventions will require action to create an enabling environment.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9775
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageFrench
dc.page.number7 p.
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectforest
dc.subjectland
dc.subjectforest product
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.titleGrowing a Green Economy in Africa: Why Forests Matteren
dc.title.alternativeDévelopper une économie verte en Afrique : pourquoi les forêts sont importantesfr
dc.typePolicy brief
wd.identifier.institutionsUN-REDD PROGRAMME
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049

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