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
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.
Comparative study of carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+
2024
As countries increasingly qualify for payments under the REDD+ process and schemes in return for reducing their emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, a new report from FAO and UN-REDD highlights the need for legal clarity on who owns emission reductions and who is entitled to benefit from those payments.
Videos
Protecting Mongolia's forests
10/06/2013
An FAO programme that helps local communities in Mongolia to protect their own forests is being seen as a model for action in the Asia-Pacific region....
Forestry and the forest industry in a green economy
18/06/2012
An effort is under way worldwide to better manage our planet's forest resources and better enhance their role in mitigating climate change. Forest loss...
Protecting forests to preserve livelihoods
09/11/2011
An FAO programme that helps local communities in Mongolia to protect their own forests is being seen as a model for action in the Asia-Pacific region....