Empowering women and the next generation of forest entrepreneurs

Evento híbrido, 15/10/2026

Join us at the World Food Forum 2026 for an interactive discussion on how innovative and locally driven capacity development approaches can empower the next generation of forest and farm producers, practitioners and youth champions.

Implementing forest and landscape restoration: from commitments to action

Evento híbrido, 01/10/2026

Following the launch of The State of the World’s Forests 2026 at COFO 28, this event will move the discussion from recommendations to practical implementation. It will explore how the four interconnected forest and landscape restoration (FLR) pathways — People, Land, Finance and Business, and Policy a...

PAS TERRA: Scaling up agroforestry and agroecology for food, climate and forests

Evento híbrido, 30/09/2026

This dialogue presents PAS TERRA — Together for the Expansion of Resilient and Restorative Agroecology and Agroforestry — a Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS)  — anchored in Axis 3, Key Objective 9 of the COP 30 Action Agenda. The initiative is led by Brazil's Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming with an international coalition including the Forest and...

28.º Comité Forestal

Evento híbrido, 28/09/2026 - 02/10/2026

El 28.º período de sesiones del Comité Forestal (COFO 27) tendrá lugar del 28 de septiembre al 2 de octubre de 2026 en la sede de la FAO en Roma (...

COFO/WFW Meeting blended finance working group

Evento híbrido, 25/09/2026

Investing in People and Landscapes: Building Partnerships for Integral Ecology will bring together leaders from faith-based institutions, finance, public authorities, civil society and international organizations to explore how partnerships can help finance integral ecology. Through dialogue on Laudato Si', sustainable finance, agroecology and community livelihoods, participants will examine pr...

Global Conference on Smart Farming: Leveraging data and technology for sustainable agrifood systems

01/07/2026 - 03/07/2026

FAO is organizing the Global Conference on Smart Farming: Leveraging data and technology for sustainable agrifood systems from 1 to 3 July 2026 at its headquarters in Rome, Italy, and online. The three-day conference will explore ways of scaling smart farming systems while showcasing practical innovations that promote youth and women’s entrepreneurship, and digital skills. It will also id...

Luxemburg International Climate Finance Days

Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Evento híbrido, 03/06/2026 - 05/06/2026

50 years of Community-Based Forestry at FAO

02/04/2026

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International Day of Forests

Rome (Italy), Evento híbrido, 21/03/2026

The 2026 International Day of Forests will celebrate the essential roles of forests in driving economic prosperity.

From savings to strength - how forest and farm producer organizations can use internal finance to boost growth

19/03/2026

Presenting real-world experiences in the implementation of self-managed financial structures and show how they contribute to improved livelihoods.

Matchmaking Tanzania

Tanzania (Tanzania), 25/02/2026 - 26/02/2026

A high-level matchmaking event held in Arusha, Tanzania, in February 2026 connected forest and farm producers with financial institutions and investors, fostering partnerships and financing opportunities to support sustainable forest management, landscape restoration and resilient rural livelihoods.

International Seminar on Global Poverty Reduction Partnerships

Beijing (China), 10/12/2025

During the International Seminar on Global Poverty Reduction Partnerships, the latest Global Poverty Reduction Case Series was launched and a joint FAO case study on ecological poverty alleviation was honoured as a Best Case Study.

Finance pathways for smallholders and local communities

Evento híbrido, 02/09/2025 - 01/10/2025

This session explores five complementary financial pathways that enable smallholders and local communities to access finance for restoration, sustainable production and value-added enterprises. Building on FAO and partners’ work under the Supporting AFR100 program and the

Promoting forest-based food security and poverty alleviation

Rome (Italy), Evento híbrido, 25/07/2024

Held during the 9th World Forest Week, this event showcased effective policies, measures and practices in promoting forest-based food security and nutrition, and poverty reduction. 

Promoting innovative pathways toward women’s entrepreneurship in forestry

20/02/2024 - 22/02/2024

Key government, civil society and private sector representatives from different countries around the world gathered from 20 to 22 February 2024 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for a workshop on women's entrepreneurship in forestry.

Social protection for forest-dependent communities: Building on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic for more resilient forest livelihoods

22/07/2020

Increasing knowledge on the role and opportunities of social protection in the COVID-19 response and to support recovery for forest-dependent communities.

Expert meeting to discuss the draft guiding framework for strengthening coherence between forestry and social protection for forest-dependent communities

Rome (Italy), 05/06/2019 - 06/06/2019

The objective of the expert meeting was to provide technical comments and inputs to the draft guiding framework for strengthening coherence between forestry and social protection for forest-dependent communities.