Forestry

The State of the World’s Forests 2020: Forests Biodiversity and People

Watch a recording of the high-level virtual launch event of the State of the World’s Forests 2020 organized by FAO and UNEP here, read the launch event presentation here, and download the report here.

Core activities

• Forest management
  • Dryland forests and forestry
  • Towards sustainability
  • Fire management
  • Forest health
  • Model forests
  • Assisted natural regeneration
  • Planted forests
  • Mangroves
  • Genetic resources
  • Wildlife and protected area management
• Forest products and services
  • Edible forest insects
  • Wood energy
  • Harvesting
  • Industries
  • Trade and markets
  • Non-wood forest products
• Forest and environment
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Invasive alien species
  • Forests and water
• People and forests
  • Food security and nutrition
  • Community-based forestry
  • Forests and poverty reduction
  • Conflict management
  • Gender
  • Small-scale enterprises
  • Forest tenure assessment
• Policy, governance and economics
  • National forest programmes
  • Forest governance assessment
  • Forestry institutions
  • Forest law compliance
  • Forest policy
  • Cross-sectoral linkages
  • Forest finance
  • Sustainable wood
  • Social protection and forestry
• Assessment and monitoring
  • Global Forest Resources Assessment
  • National forest monitoring and assessment
  • Criteria and indicators
  • Forest products
  • Forest governance
  • Forestry institutions
  • Outlook studies
• Interdisciplinary issues
  • Agroforestry
  • Urban and peri-urban forestry
  • Watershed management and mountains

Other initiatives

• European Forest Week
• International Day of Forests
• XV World Forestry Congress
• Forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FAO-EU FLEGT Programme)
• Forest & Farm Facility
• Global Forest Information Service
• Mountain Partnership
• REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
• United Nations Forum on Forests
• Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management
• Collaborative Partnership on Forests
  




 

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