The Science-Policy Programme published a new report on "International Forests Governance: A critical review of trends, drawbacks, and new approaches". This new assessment revisits the questions examined in the 2010 GFEP report on the International Forest Regime and examines the main aspects of...

Forests in Europe are strongly affected by climate change and face many additional challenges, such as political uncertainties and a fragmented forest landscape. A key challenge for Europe is to secure, maintain and enhance the sustainable supply of wood from its forest ecosystems. To address...

The report is a useful reference for assessing country situations and trends, which are further explored in brief profiles of the major teak-producing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. There is currently no better source of up-to-date information on teak resources and markets. The...

"This is a compilation of essays on a swathe of subjects: economics, politics, law, finance, education, media, military, international relations, focusing on public policy in an emerging economy, in a key African state. Put together in one neat volume, they are at once original, as they are full...

"The final decades of the Ottoman Empire and the period of the French mandate in Syria and Lebanon coincided with a critical period of transformation in agricultural technologies and administration. Chemical fertilizers and mechanized equipment inspired model farms while government officials and...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) vision, heralded as an attempt to revive the pre-modern Silk Route, is intended to strengthen West Asia's economic links with China through ambitious infrastructural projects. Central to this are fast-track rail links, funded by the...