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
COP30: FAO’s AIM4Forests secures long-term financial support from the United Kingdom
15/11/2025
FAO welcomes COP30 leaders’ call to action on wildfire resilience
07/11/2025
The women replanting Argentina’s future
05/11/2025
Publications
Play more, live better! Using sustainable wildlife management games to help adults and children collaborate and solve complex problems together
2024
This publication is a case study on the development and testing of innovative no-tech or low-tech games to manage wildlife hunting sustainably.
Kwinda Nyama: A multiplayer hunting game for social learning and sustainable use
2024
Nearly 1 billion people globally rely on wild food for their daily nutrition. The Wildlife Conservation Society, with support from the SWM Programme, developed this low-tech, multiplayer decision-making game with rural communities in the Republic of the Congo and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Low-tech games can help communities manage wildlife sustainably.
The wildlife–livelihoods–health nexus: Challenges and priorities in Asia and the Pacific
2024
This information brief on the wildlife-livelihoods-health nexus in Asia and the Pacific is intended to shed light on the current landscape of human–wildlife–health interactions, examine the challenges, and the existing and potential opportunities for change.
Videos
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...
FAO climate change in Tanzania (Long version)
02/04/2014
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is in Tanzania, where climate change is taking a toll on local populations. FAO-backed initiatives...