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T1 Growing a Green Economy in Africa: Why Forests Matter
T2 Développer une économie verte en Afrique : pourquoi les forêts sont importantes
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 International Institute for Environment and Development, 
A2 Grieg-Gran, Maryanne
A2 Bass, Steve
A2 Booker, Francesca
A2 Day, Mike
K1 forest
K1 land
K1 forest product
PB United Nations Environment Programme
PB United Nations Environment Programme
SN Not Available
YR 2015
FD 2015-08
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9775
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9775
NO There 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026