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.

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.

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.

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.

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.   

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.

Iniciativas en África, América Latina, Asia sudoriental y el Mediterráneo se señalan como mejores prácticas para revertir la degradación de los ecosistemas

La Asociación de Colaboración en materia de Bosques abrió hoy la postulación de candidaturas para la séptima edición del Premio Wangari Maathai Defensores de los Bosques, reconocimiento que se otorga a las personas que han realizado esfuerzos extraordinarios para mejorar los bosques del mundo y la vida de las personas que dependen de ellos. 

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.

La recuperación de la fauna silvestre y la expansión de los bosques de montaña protegen frente al cambio climático y crean empleos.

New report offers uplifting cases of successful restoration projects amid the climate crisis.

QU Dongyu pide una mayor colaboración entre los sectores forestal y agrícola para ampliar la agroforestería.

FAO Director-General stresses importance of sustainable investments and empowering local communities.

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.

 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...

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.

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.

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. 

Training on podcasts, tips on making AI do what you want and a panel discussion were on the agenda at the UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators’ Network annual workshop meeting, held in Prague, from 20 to 22 June, 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.