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Enhancing efforts for productive and resilient dryland landscapes in Southern Africa
29/07/2024
Government officials, experts and landscape managers from across Southern Africa met today for a week of discussions on the challenges and solutions for drylands in the region organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and partners.
Planting a mangrove seedling, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania ©FAO-Luis Tato
New manual aims to improve accuracy of mangrove monitoring
26/07/2024
A new manual, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The Nature Conservancy, aims to help governments to gather far more accurate information on mangroves to better inform decisions on coastal land use and restoration. 
FAO launches updated guidelines to tackle extreme wildfires ©FAO/Roberto Faidutti
FAO launches updated guidelines to tackle extreme wildfires
26/07/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released guidelines for countries outlining how to manage the risks of damaging wildfires, which can threaten people and the environment.
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Publications

Integrated fire management voluntary guidelines
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.

Towards a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-related trade regulations
Towards a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-related trade regulations
2024

The development of digital public infrastructure to support compliance on aspects of trade regulations related to forest monitoring helps smallholders by enabling their access to regulated markets.

Wildlife and people in the Rupununi
Wildlife and people in the Rupununi
2024

A comprehensive assessment based on science and local knowledge.

Elearning Academy

Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
06/03/2023

This course seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers to apply a transformational...

Elearning resilient rivers
Resilient rivers: Watershed-based management of forests, freshwater, and inland fisheries
01/03/2023

Focusing on freshwater systems, this course inspires managers, scientists, and community members to understand, monitor and manage watersheds as integrated...

Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement
Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement
01/02/2023

The objective of this course is to learn about the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement. It will be useful to those wishing to...

Videos

Short version: State of the World's Forests 2022
07/07/2022

FAO’s latest State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) report identifies three pathways that can conserve forests while supporting environmental and economic...

State of the World's Forests 2022: Green Recovery, Building Inclusive & Sustainable Green Economies
29/04/2022

Forests stand as a vital defense against climate change and biodiversity loss, while also providing livelihoods for millions of people across the world....

Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/04/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...