Growing Forest Partnerships is an initiative that helps create and strengthen ways of working together for the benefit of forests and the people that depend on them.

As forests and trees are integral components of agriculture systems and rural livelihoods, the FAO Forestry Department is developing a series of responses that address the interface between HIV/AIDS and forestry.

National institutions of 23 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe have taken part in the Network's activities, under the overall coordination of FAO's Forestry Department, and with the technical support of the Danida Forest Seed Centre (DFSC).

The International Poplar Commission (IPC), one of FAO technical statutory bodies on forestry, aims to promote the cultivation, conservation and utilization of members of the family Salicaceae, which includes poplars and willows.