Before COVID-19 hit, increasing the production and use of sustainable wood was already a major challenge. Substitute materials, such as plastic, concrete and metal can be – at least on the face of it – cheaper.

FAO today published a new study on forest-related disasters that will help contribute to the development of effective responses for future incidents.

FAO today launched a new online tool that will help people better monitor, measure, and manage the relationship between forests and water.

As we celebrate World Wetlands Day on 2 February and enter the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the international community should give these disappearing natural resources the urgent attention they deserve. Wetlands must be preserved to ensure a brighter future for people and waterbirds.

The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Resources Institute today have launched a new guide to help people use Open Foris Collect Earth, a crowdsourced image analysis platform, to monitor progress on forest and landscape restoration.

A unique collection by Italian-Haitian fashion designer Stella Jean and craftswomen from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan will be highlighted at Milan Fashion Week today.

Each year on 3 March, World Wildlife Day presents us with an opportunity. Not only do we celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wildlife, but we also turn our attention to how to live alongside it harmoniously and sustainably.

Mountain people are among the world’s poorest. Living in fragile ecosystems threatened by climate change and land degradation, one in every two rural mountain people in developing countries risks not having enough food for a healthy life.

Guest blogger and FAO Forestry Officer David Kaimowitz explains why global ambition to restore the world’s forests will only be achieved if the huge potential of forest and farm producers is realised.

Today we mark the International Day of Forests, and never before has there been greater reason to focus our attention on these precious natural resources that cover a third of the Earth’s land area.

Photographs from the Russian Federation, Belarus and Spain have won the International Day of Forests 2021 photo contest, which celebrated the ways in which trees contribute to people’s well-being across the world.

As we mark the International Day of Biological Diversity on 22 May, we need to remember that conserving the planet’s biodiversity also means protecting its forests.

Beekeepers in Bolivia have been working hard to meet an increased demand for honey during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to reports from producer organizations in the country.

FAO today launched a new online platform that will support countries and communities to monitor progress in restoring damaged and degraded ecosystems as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 officially gets under way.

Grassroots support for the world’s 1.5 billion smallholder farmers – who are highly vulnerable to climate threats – to help them diversify their crops, products and practices is increasing food security while conserving forests, storing carbon and creating resilient landscapes.

A new guide published by FAO aims to help small forest producers and their organizations to access private investment and finance for sustainable forest-based businesses.

Forest restoration must go beyond increasing biomass and improve ecology, lives, and livelihoods simultaneously. Approaches should increase climate resilience and prioritize income generation through green jobs and addressing food insecurity and malnutrition.

A new FAO-supported guide launched today aims to boost the income of family farmers while increasing tree cover on the world’s smallholder farms.

Today sees the start of the International Conference on Forest Education – a three-day event to shine a light on the important role forest education plays in maximizing the contributions of forests and trees to the Sustainable Development Goals and in overcoming the growing disconnect between people, nature and forests.

Well-trained foresters are vital to address some of the world’s greatest problems and to achieve the SDGs. Climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, emerging zoonotic diseases, rural poverty, and malnutrition all have direct links with the state of the world’s forests and the people that manage and protect them.