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Boosting education for greener forests
15/10/2020
With every new forest fire or flood, and with every new report on the loss of wildlife or increase in desertification, we are reminded that we urgently need greater attention and efforts to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s forests.
Better data, better decisions, better forests
14/10/2020
Taking good decisions requires sound information - and protecting forests requires forest monitoring.
Collaborative Partnership on Forests urges to turn the historic challenge of COVID-19 into an opportunity for forestry and sustainability
12/10/2020
Forests and tree landscapes should be at the heart of building back better after the COVID-19 pandemic for a more resilient and sustainable future, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) said today.
Forests, forest stakeholders key for achieving Sustainable Development Goals
08/10/2020
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires halting deforestation, protecting intact forests and restoring degraded forest landscapes – and an upsurge of action by communities, forest industries and responsible businesses provides the best hope of doing so, according to speakers in the High-Level Dialogue on Forests in the Decade of Action.
Private sector calls for sustainable forest products to be key to COVID-19 recovery
08/10/2020
A sustainable forest sector lies at the heart of COVID-19 recovery plans that seek to build back better, senior executives from the forest industry said today in a statement released for FAO’s Committee on Forestry.
Advisory Committee On Sustainable Forest-based Industries endorses its Strategic Framework 2020-2030
06/10/2020
The Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) has endorsed the ACSFI Strategic Framework 2020-2030 at the occasion of a web-based meeting, on 23 September 2020. The Strategic Framework will guide ACSFI’s work until 2030 by identifying and stimulating strategic actions by F...
Synergies between private sector and governments crucial for reversing deforestation – COFO High-level Dialogue
06/10/2020
Rome - Reversing deforestation and forest degradation can be an effective “nature-based solution” to climate change but requires the strong involvement of the private sector and greater collaboration among land-use sectors, according to speakers at the High-Level Dialogue on T...
FAO Director-General calls for transformational change in the way we manage our forests and food systems that depend on them
05/10/2020
Committee on Forestry focuses on how the forest sector can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19 recovery.
FAO Forestry highlights key achievements in new publication
05/10/2020
FAO has launched a new publication highlighting the major achievements of the FAO Forestry Programme in helping improve lives and livelihoods while making forestry more productive and sustainable.
How a food label is changing lives in mountain communities
25/08/2020
Conscious consumerism is on the rise – making a big difference for Lalita and her family.
To build back better, we must include Indigenous Peoples
09/08/2020
Represented by their traditional organizations and a large variety of different forest and farm producer organizations in various countries, Indigenous Peoples have platforms for inclusion and decision making.
FAO and EU reinforce support to Indonesia’s legal timber trade
07/08/2020
FAO has stepped up support for legal timber production and trade in Indonesia with the launch of six new projects.
Equatorial Guinea, a new look at the sustainability of natural resources
05/08/2020
Equatorial Guinea is one of the few countries in the world where forests cover more than 90% of national territory, but this natural wealth is constantly threatened by economic activities.
Legal and sustainable timber trade is essential to COVID-19 economic recovery
30/07/2020
The COVID-19 health crisis risks becoming a forest crisis. Measures to contain the impact of the virus have led to restrictions on movement and huge economic pressures.
World's most comprehensive analysis of forest resources launched today in an innovative format
21/07/2020
FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 offers detailed regional and global analyses in a new, digitally interactive way.
Fostering sustainable wood use in the building sector for greener cities: Lessons-learned from wood encouragement policies
15/07/2020
For building back better after the Covid19 pandemic, wood-based solutions offer a green construction material. It is renewable, recyclable, can be sustainably sourced and has low fossil carbon and environmental footprints.
On 15 July 2020, FAO’s Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-...
New survey to assess state of forest education worldwide
15/07/2020
FAO, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) today launched a comprehensive survey on forest education across the world.
EcorNaturaSí and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat to boost rural, mountain, forest and island communities’ livelihoods
09/07/2020
EcorNaturaSí and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, today joined forces to better the lives of people living in rural areas and fragile ecosystems, such as mountains, forests and islands, and develop more inclusive food and agriculture systems.
Lalita’s story: how a narrative label is changing lives in mountain communities
09/07/2020
Lalita Rokaya’s family could barely make ends meet and education was a luxury it could not afford. Now, thanks to UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative, Lalita is continuing her education and her family have enough to eat and can afford health care.
Changing the public’s perception of forestry
24/06/2020
The public’s perception of foresters and forestry must change in order to convince young people that forestry is a viable career choice, a breakout session heard at the International Conference on Forest Education.