Glasgow, United Kingdom - Jointly organized by the South African producer responsibility organization for paper and paper packaging, Fibre Circle, and the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the webinar entitled ...

Switching from fossil-based products to renewable wood-based products can help combat climate change and achieve Sustainable Development Goals, according to the report Forest Products in the global bioeconomy: Enabling substitution by wood-based products and contributing to the Sustainabl...

The ACSFI is an FAO statutory body composed of senior executives from the private forest sector worldwide. It provides a unique forum for dialogue between FAO and the private sector to enhance the understanding of emerging opportunities, and to identify and stimulate strategic actions by FAO, ...

On 4 October 2022, the Special Event "Sustainable wood and non-wood forest products - pathways to carbon-neutral and resilient bioeconomies" was held at FAO, as part of the 8th Wor...

The event “Beyond numbers: income, employment and decent work in forestry” provided new evidence of forests' contribution to national economies and em...

Last October, some of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries members gathered at FAO Headquarters (Rome, Italy), from 3-7 October 2022 in Rome, Italy, to participate in the 

FAO and the City of Rome have further extended the Global Library of Trees and Flowers - FAO Park, by allowing visitors to follow an educational itinerary through a mobile application. 

Yaoundé - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today held an official launch here of its Green Cities Initiative, which is already being piloted in Cameroon, with seven municipalities submitting letters of intent to join the initiative.

A new programme for Accelerating Innovative Monitoring of Forests (AIM4Forests), led by FAO, has supported 11 countries and trained over one thousand people in its first year.

At its 19th session, the United Nations Forum on Forests will discuss the implementation of and progress on the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030.

Postulez d'ici au 31 Mai pour être choisi comme programme phare de l'ONU en matière de restauration mondiale. 

The Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with The Forests Dialogue (TFD) convened a roundtable on enhancing the forest sector’s engagement in ecosystem restoration, as a sat...

The benefits of transitioning to forest-based bioeconomies while balancing both biodiversity and community needs is now accepted as an essential contribution to addressing the climate crisis.

New Haven, Connecticut – “Forest-based industries can play a critical role in facilitating global efforts towards ecosystem restoration” said the FAO’s Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) today in a statement released at Yale University Sch...

Today, senior executives from the forest industry have met virtually to set priorities to enhance the forest sector’s contribution to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the 64th session of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI).

Forests and trees are vital to the livelihoods of many in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing a multitude of goods and services, making their sustainable management an imperative.

Le peuple Mbuti au cœur de la gestion de la faune sauvage.

FAO has launched a 15 million euro ($16.29 million) project funded by the European Union to help Uganda’s forestry sector contribute more sustainably to the economy and the environment.

Forest and farm producer organizations representing the world’s smallholder farmers, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are gathering in Pokhara, Nepal, this week to explore how to best manage the world’s agrobiodiversity.

Six photographs from Austria, Finland, Honduras, Lebanon, Slovenia and the United States of America have won the International Day of Forests 2024 photo contest, which explored the topic of forestry and innovation.