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Mediterranean recognized as new UN World Restoration Flagship
13/02/2024
The Mediterranean region – represented by Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Türkiye – has today been named one of seven new UN World Restoration Flagships under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in recognition of country efforts to restore degraded ecosystems.
REDD+ payments must be shared fairly – FAO/UN-REDD report
06/02/2024
As countries increasingly qualify for payments under the REDD+ process and schemes in return for reducing their emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, a new report from the FAO and UN-REDD highlights the need for legal clarity on who owns emission reductions and who is entitled to benefit from those payments.
New guidance aims to maximize benefits of ecosystem restoration
05/02/2024
Guidance on how to carry out restoration projects for the maximum benefit of nature and people was published today by FAO, the Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Society for Ecological Restoration, in cooperation with 22 collaborative organizations.
New FAO toolkit scales up innovative community-led participatory video technique in drylands
31/01/2024
FAO has released its first practical guide to using participatory video, an innovative community-led technique that monitors change in development programmes, with the aim of improving sustainability in dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems.
Launch of the North American Forest Communicators Network marks milestone for forest communications
30/01/2024
In a significant boost to the global effort in forest communication, the North American Forest Communicators Network was launched last week at the headquarters of the National Forestry Commission of Mexico in Zapopan.
Variety and genetic diversity of new trees key to successful forest and landscape restoration
16/01/2024
Ensuring the availability of seeds and seedlings from a range of tree species is crucial if we are to meet global targets on the restoration of degraded forests and landscapes, according to a new forestry working paper from FAO and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
Nominations open for Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award
15/01/2024
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests today opened nominations for the 7th Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award, an honour granted to individuals who have made extraordinary efforts to improve the world’s forests and the lives of people who depend on them.
Charting a transparent path for global forest data and innovative climate action
08/01/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today launched a new phase of work – supported with $2 million from the Global Environment Facility – to assist developing countries in monitoring and reporting data on both the state and changes in their forest cover more effectively and transparently.
How to maximise the benefits of migration in forest areas – FAO report
18/12/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today launched a new report for International Migrants Day that explores the impact of migration on forest areas and how to ensure it has a positive effect on the environment.
FAO marks International Mountain Day 2023 with focus on restoring ecosystems
11/12/2023
New report offers uplifting cases of successful restoration projects amid the climate crisis.
Proof that restoring mountain ecosystems works
11/12/2023
Returning wildlife and flourishing forests in mountains guard against climate change and create jobs.
Opinion editorial: On a quest to restore mountains
11/12/2023
Mountains are lifelines for millions. We need mountains to drink: each day, one in two people on the planet quenches their thirst with water that originates in mountains. We need mountains to eat: across the world, two-thirds of irrigated agriculture depends on runoff from mountains.
Agroforestry is a key climate solution, Director-General says at FAO Council side-event
07/12/2023
Agroforestry is a key climate solution with huge potential to simultaneously improve food security and nutrition and alleviate poverty, while halting deforestation and helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu said today.
COP28: Resilient and healthy mountain systems are key to climate change adaptation and mitigation
02/12/2023
FAO Director-General stresses importance of sustainable investments and empowering local communities.
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Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management outlines new roadmap for 2023-2025
22/11/2023
The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management has launched a two-year roadmap aimed at sustainably using and conserving wildlife while ensuring benefits for local people and their livelihoods.
Forestry and social protection must be better aligned, says new report
21/11/2023
A new report calls for social protection and forestry to be aligned to work towards shared goals of risk reduction and poverty alleviation for forest dependent people.
Biodiversity framework tops agenda as experts on Europe’s forests and forest industry meet
21/11/2023
A joint session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations European Forestry Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry met in San Marino this week to review and coordinate strategy on forests and the for...
FAO and OECD present practical advice for companies to halt deforestation
16/11/2023
A handbook produced by FAO and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development provides practical advice on how companies can make sure activities in their supply chains are not causing – or linked to – deforestation.
Planted forests key to achieving global goals – FAO journal
10/11/2023
Well designed and sustainably managed planted forests have a vital role to play in meeting Sustainable Development Goals, according to the latest issue of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) forestry journal Unasylva #254, entitled Towards more resilient and diverse planted forests.
How small and medium forest enterprises can plan multi-use forest management
08/11/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today published guidance to help small and medium-sized forest enterprises plan how to manage forests so they continue to provide a wide range of products and services for generations to come.