Forest management
Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox
The Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox is a comprehensive collection of tools, best practices and case studies to help forest owners and managers; policymakers; students and other stakeholders implement sustainable forest management.
News
Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems
17/12/2025
New FAO tools to help countries halt deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation
16/12/2025
COP30: FAO’s AIM4Forests secures long-term financial support from the United Kingdom
15/11/2025
Publications
Bridging nature and climate through protection of primary forests with high ecological integrity
2024
Primary forests are critically significant for combating climate change and slowing biodiversity loss, according to a new policy paper launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The State of the World’s Forests 2024: Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future
2024
This edition provides highlights on the state of the world’s forests and explores the transformative power of evidence-based innovation in the forest sector, ranging from new technologies to creative and successful policies and institutional changes, to new ways of getting finance to forest owners and managers.
Integrated fire management voluntary guidelines
2024
Damaging wildfires in many parts of the world in recent years have prompted an increase in demand for technical support for integrated fire management. This publication outlines how to implement integrated fire management at the landscape level, enhance best fire-management practices, including cultural practices for sustainable land use, and engage diverse stakeholders.
Videos
Papua New Guinea: First national forest inventory and biodiversity survey
09/09/2015
Papua New Guinea is embarking on its first national forest inventory (NFI) under the arrangements for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest...
National Forest Inventory of Peru
08/02/2015
The Ministries of Agriculture and Environment of Peru, with technical support from FAO and financial support from the Government of Finland, launched...
Taking stock of Panama's tropical forests
08/07/2014
Almost half of Panama is covered by rich forests. By sustainably managing these forests the opportunities for reducing emissions from deforestation...