Nature is sending us a message that we must change our behaviour for a more sustainable future, FAO Forestry Assistant Director-General Hiroto Mitsugi said today at the launch of a new green artwork for World Environment Day. 

Selon un nouveau rapport de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, les forêts et les arbres sont essentiels afin de promouvoir la pollinisation des abeilles, des papillons et des autres animaux et il est urgent de lutter contre la dégradation des habitats et de pro...

Unobtrusive and often unobserved, the insects, birds, and mammals that help to keep plant populations diverse and abundant are easily overlooked as they go about their tasks. Yet their contribution to food production in terms of quantity, quality, and diversity is incalculable, through the act of...

African forest experts are using satellite imagery to assess the forest resources of the continent through a virtual training held this week as part of the 2020 Remote Sensing Survey of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). 

Les gouvernements de la Birmanie et de la Finlande ont aujourd'hui lancé un projet révolutionnaire destiné à améliorer la surveillance des forêts en prenant en compte les conflits locaux et en vue de protéger les droits de l'homme.

People are consuming more than ever. Our choices are having an unprecedented impact on the environment. The jeans, skirts or suits we wear, the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics we use, the food and drink we consume – all of these products have an impact, to varying degrees, on the environment.

Heads of forestry and government representatives from around the world are among participants examining how forests can play a vital role in economic and social recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic as a four-day webinar series kicks off today.

Aside from claiming high numbers of victims, what do Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), Ebola and COVID-19 have in common? The answer is that all three are zoonoses, the term given to an infectious disease caused by a pathogen that has jumped from animals to humans. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the globe, forests and forest communities are feeling the pressure.

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.

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.

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.
 

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.

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.

FAO has stepped up support for legal timber production and trade in Indonesia with the launch of six new projects.

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.

Le consumérisme responsable gagne du terrain et change la donne pour Lalita et sa famille.

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.

Le Comité des forêts s’intéresse tout particulièrement à la contribution que le secteur forestier peut apporter à la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable et au rétablissement post COVID-19.