[MPWG] FAO Forestry newsletter: inFO news 31

[De Angelis, Patricia]

*These items may be applicable to medicinal plant conservation and
sustainable use in the U.S.*

*Link to full newsletter:**  Click here to see an online version
<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/q/1brePBw6dnYEQ7V4rL9/wv>*

*Starting a conversation with local people on forest ecosystem payments*

Ensuring the sustainability of forest resources must start with discussions
with local forest communities on forest policy and management, with
government as the guarantor of communities' rights and access and the
enabler of payments for forest ecosystem services. Preserving the forest
heritage also requires the creation of and respect for institutional
frameworks and regulations, FAO representatives at a workshop in Uganda
proposed.

*Read more* on the validation workshop on the practical guide on payment
for forest ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa
<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1JhqyPrKrpaIm7KHcOCBaA> and also visit
the FAO Regional Office for Africa website
<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1JhqEJtrwHeedYBS15LScB>.


Videos
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*Come to the Wildlife Forum*

Video invitation from the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
<http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1JhvNwWY8qhZ80VhO1QHXt> to attend
the Wildlife
Forum <http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1JhvTqYFdIluZRMsCiZYZu> on 9
September 2015 during the XIV World Forestry Congress.

*International Day of Forests celebration*

Watch two teams of students passionately debating on the motion Forests and
climate change <http://forestry.fao.msgfocus.com/c/1JhvZl0mj0p0RIDDqA9g1v>,
Bangkok,
Thailand, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
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