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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) State of the World's Forests (SOFO) report key message focuses on the urgent need to promote more positive interactions between forestry and agriculture, which remains the most significant driver of global deforestation, to build sustainable agricultural systems and improve food security. FAO
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STORY: FAO / WORLD FORESTS
TRT: 02:24
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: VIETNAMESE / PULAAR / NATS
DATELINE: VARIOUS, COSTA RICA, THE GAMBIA, VIETNAM, 17 MAY TO 9 JUNE 2016

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17 MAY TO 9 JUNE 2016, THE GAMBIA

1.Aerial shot, over Gambia River, central Gambia

17 MAY TO 9 JUNE 2016, COSTA RICA

2.Med shot, aerial view of teak plantation, Hojancha, Costa Rica
3.Wide shot, rainforest, Monteverde, Costa Rica
4.Wide shot, mountainside panorama, Hojanch a, Costa Rica

17 MAY TO 9 JUNE 2016, VIETNAM

5.Wide shot, rice field at sunset, Bac Kan province, Vietnam
6.Wide shot, aerial view of farms and forest plantations, Yan Bai, Vietnam
7.Wide shot, aerial view of farmers arriving by motorcycle, Chu Huong commune, Bac Kan province, Vietnam
8.Wide shot, farmers get off of motorbikes and head to magnolia plantation, Chu Huong commune, Bac Kan province, Vietnam
9.Wide shot, climbing aerial view of farmers clearing brush, Yan Bai, Vietnam
10.Med shot, members of forest farm facility saw timber, Yan Bai, Vietnam
11.Med shot, Nguyen Thi My Hue and other members load truck with timber wood, Yan Bai, Vietnam
12.Wide shot, truck being loaded, Yan Bai, Vietnam
13.Close up, wood placed inside truck, Yan Bai, Vietnam
14.SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Nguyen Thi My Hue, Acacia planter:
“For me, I think the environment now is better than before because all of the forest land is covered by trees and people have more concern about forest protection and development…The income of my family is now also higher than before.”

17 MAY TO 9 JUNE 2016, THE GAMBIA

15.Wide shot, aerial view of village, near Farafenni, The Gambia
16.Wide shot, villagers carrying branches under a baobab tree, Limbambulu Yanmadou, The Gambia
17.Wide shot, woman carrying water and child pass a neighbour’s home in village, Limbambulu Yanmadou, The Gambia
18.Med shot, women pounding bean paste, near Farafenni, The Gambia
19.Close up, pounding of bean paste, near Farafenni, The Gambia
20.SOUNDBITE (Pulaar) Mankamang Fatty, President, Community Forest Committee:
“Before the Community Forest our earning capacity was too small, but now that we have ownership over the forest, our level of income has increased greatly.”
21. Wide shot, aerial view of rhum palm plantation near Gambian River, Kesereh Kunda, The Gambia

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The Food and Africa Organization (FAO) today (18 jul) released its State of the World's Forests (SOFO) report at the opening of the 23rd Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) which started today in Rome. Its key message focuses on the urgent need to promote more positive interactions between forestry and agriculture, which remains the most significant driver of global deforestation, to build sustainable agricultural systems and improve food security.

State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2016 shows that it is possible to increase agricultural productivity and food security while halting or even reversing deforestation, highlighting the successful efforts of Costa Rica, Chile, the Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Tunisia and Viet Nam. Integrated land-use planning is the key to balancing land uses, underpinned by the right policy instruments to promote both sustainable forests and agriculture.

Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of agricultural pests. They also contribute to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, for whom they are important sources of food, energy and income. Yet, agriculture remains the major driver of deforestation globally, and agricultural, forestry and land policies are often at odds.

In Vietnam, food security and forest cover have both increased significantly in the last 25 years. Economic and agricultural reforms have reshaped the way local communities interact with the forests, as state forestry has given way to more community-based management. Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Huệ cares for two hectares of acacia trees in northern Yan Bai province. She and fellow villagers have formed a forest and farm producers group, which receives loans and technical assistance in managing a small forestry enterprise.

SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Nguyen Thi My Hue, Acacia planter:
“For me, I think the environment now is better than before because all of the forest land is covered by trees and people have more concern about forest protection and development…The income of my family is now also higher than before.”

In The Gambia, local communities are taking control of their forest resources. The government is transferring ownership of about 200-thousand hectares of the nation’s forest cover to villages such as Limbanbulu Yanmadou.

SOUNDBITE (Pulaar) Mankamang Fatty, President, Community Forest Committee:
“Before the Community Forest our earning capacity was too small, but now that we have ownership over the forest, our level of income has increased greatly.”

With innovative approaches and collaboration between governments, businesses and local communities, agriculture and forestry can and do co-exist, producing food and forest products in productive and sustainable landscapes.

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