Forests make our world better in many ways: they cool local temperatures, remove greenhouse gases from the air and provide habitats for animals, insects and other biodiversity crucial to healthy ecosystems.

Rome – Forests and trees play a crucial role in providing nutritious food, and more than 5 billion people worldwide rely on them to some extent for their livelihoods. Yet their contribution to food security and nutrition remains largely overlooked in national statistics and policy frameworks.

The Forest and Farm Facility is convening its Global Conference in Bolivia this week, bringing together forest and farm producer organizations, governments, the private sector, and international cooperation partners from 15 countries to share results and lessons learned and define the future of sustainable rural development.

28-я сессия Комитета по лесному хозяйству

A farmer growing coffee under shade trees needs those trees to remain healthy to maintain the right soil and microclimate that coffee depends on. If the trees or soil degrade, yields fall. For that farmer, protecting the land is essential to earning a living. That is why forest and farm producer ...

Rome – A new search is underway for communities or Indigenous Peoples in Central Asia and Latin America who are showing how restoring nature can create jobs, income and new opportunities for local people. Through a survey launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are strengthening landscape productivity by restoring degraded ecosystems in regions facing drought, desertification and climate c...

Registration is now open for the second session of a free online course developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners to support the sustainable management of wetlands and waterbirds in North Africa and the Sahel.

The forest sector employs approximately 42 million people worldwide. A new joint study by FAO, ILO and Germany’s Thünen Institute is sharing the first globally comparable, sex-disaggregated employment figures for the forestry sector.

To truly celebrate Indigenous healers, we must recognize their living knowledge as firmly rooted in forests and safeguard those ecosystems, FAO’s Sophie Grouwels of the Forest and Farm Facility explains.

A new report from FAO released today provides a stronger scientific basis for improving the accuracy, transparency and credibility of greenhouse gas estimates from peatlands, particularly in developing countries.

Muong women are preserving a traditional weaving craft through a thriving cooperative that supports livelihoods and cultural heritage with support from the Forest and Farm Facility, FAO's Ewald Rametsteiner explains.

A new FAO reporting process will enable countries to update key forest data more frequently, strengthening the information needed to guide climate, biodiversity and sustainable forest management policies across Latin America.

Greater use of sustainably sourced wood could help reposition the construction sector from a major greenhouse gas emitter to a driver of climate change mitigation, according to a new report from FAO and Bauhaus Earth.

Rome/London – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced a new investment from Norway to strengthen forest monitoring worldwide, helping countries strengthen climate action, improve transparency and unlock finance to protect and restore forests.

Rome - A new report launched today by the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme underscores the critical role that wildlife plays in supporting the livelihoods, nutrition and cultural practices of millions of people across tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has selected 60 Young Forest Champions for 2026 to lead action on forest conservation, restoration and sustainable use underpinned by innovative monitoring approaches across six countries.

Занявшись по примеру своих родителей разведением яков, невзирая на то, что это традиционно мужской вид деятельности, Субита бросила вызов укоренившимся социальным нормам и доказала, что женщины могут брать на себя новые роли, превосходя ожидания общества.

FAO today published new guidance on forest monitoring, including on how to map and monitor tree-based agricultural commodities such as those produced in agroforestry systems.

By Zhimin Wu, Assistant Director-General and Director of the Forestry Division, FAO