Seoul - Forests can be a driving force in tackling climate change, boosting food security, conserving biodiversity and creating a world free of poverty, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) said today at the XV World Forest Conference in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Seúl/Roma – En un informe clave presentado hoy por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) se pone de manifiesto que el ritmo al que están desapareciendo nuestros bosques se ralentizó casi un 30 % desde la primera década del si...

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Seoul/Rome - A new framework designed to monitor and report on the progress of restoration efforts throughout the duration of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Seoul - FAO has launched a new mechanism that will enable countries better understand, manage and affront forest fires.

Seoul - Forests have a key role to play in post COVID-19 recovery, through improvements in secure livelihoods and contributions toward sustained economic growth in the long term, organisation heads and forest experts agreed today at a special event during the XV World Forestry Co...

Seúl – La activista Cécile Ndjebet, de Camerún, fue galardonada hoy con el Premio Wangari Maathai Paladines del Bosque 2022, en reconocimiento a su destacada contribución a la preservación de los bosques y a la mejora de las vidas de las personas que dependen de ellos.

Seoul - Shifts in policies are needed to divert financial flows away from actions that harm forests and to incentivize investment in conservation, restoration and sustainable use, Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit...

Sustainable wood has huge potential as a cost-effective solution in sectors including construction, furniture, packaging, renewable energy, biomaterials for clothing and biochemicals.

Seúl – En el mayor encuentro mundial sobre los bosques se ha aprobado una declaración en la que se definen las esferas prioritarias con potencial para dar lugar a un futuro verde, saludable y resiliente.

Las plantas silvestres, esenciales para la vida y los medios de subsistencia, también necesitan atención.

Seoul – Over 600 youth and young professionals engaged in the forest sector have called for better opportunities, training and a platform to make their voices heard in a call to action issued at the close of the XV World Forestry Congress (WFC).

We need greener, more sustainable pathways to avoid destroying the future, not only for those who will come after us, but maybe even for ourselves. The principles of sustainable forest management need to be applied beyond forests in the quest to develop greener, more circular bioeconomies.

Abiyán/Roma – Según un nuevo informe presentado hoy por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), 1 000 millones de hectáreas de “presuntas tierras secas” se enfrentan a problemas similares a los que afectan a las tierras secas ...

Rome - The experience of a forest farmers association in Kenya inspired by Swedish foresters’ experience and supported by Swedish aid organizations was today hailed as an example of what North-South partnership can achieve at a one-day event ahead of Stockholm+50.

Single-use cutlery pollutes our oceans and takes thousands of years to decompose in landfills and trash heaps. Plastic forks and knives may photo-degrade with exposure to the sun, but they become microplastics that continue to pollute our environment. This is where wood and forests come into the ...

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium have praised efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Miombo forest to balance livelihoods with restoring the forest ecosystem, on a visit to the region this week.

Droughts have always happened, but they are becoming more frequent and severe. Over the last two decades, droughts have impacted 1.4 billion people in the world, increasing in number and duration by almost 30% since 2000. While Africa is seeing the greatest increase in severity and frequency of d...

Governments seeking to develop national timber traceability systems to comply with tightening international standards can look for inspiration to Latin America, a joint report by the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme and the World Resources Institute (WRI) h...