Forest management

Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes

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

FAO launches ‘4 WINS’ approach to advance women’s entrepreneurship in forest economies

06/03/2026

As part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled a new model for strengthening women’s leadership and entrepreneurship in the world’s forest sectors.

From savannah plant to global remedy

02/03/2026

How the devil’s claw tuber improves health and wildlife conservation in Namibia

Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems

17/12/2025

When forests thrive, so do communities and agriculture, explains Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of FAO's Forestry Division.

Publications

Learning needs and priorities for Africa's Great Green Wall Knowledge for Great Green Wall Action, Policy Brief, No. 2

2026

This policy brief provides a summary of key learning gaps hindering the effective implementation of the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative.

Data-driven restoration across the African drylands Action Against Desertification 2026, Policy brief, No. 4

2026

This policy brief highlights key lessons learned from restoration interventions, and provides actionable recommendations to scale up efforts across the Great Green Wall (GGW).

Scaling up land restoration to expand Africa’s Great Green Wall Action Against Desertification 2026, Policy brief, No. 1

2026

This policy brief highlights key lessons learned from restoration interventions, and provides actionable recommendations to scale up efforts across the Great Green Wall (GGW)

Elearning Academy

E-learning

National forest inventory - learning journey

25/03/2025

The national forest inventory - learning journey explains the key phases of an inventory: from planning to implementation and data gathering to reporting....

E-learning

Delivering restoration outcomes for biodiversity and human well-being

25/11/2024

The course offers essential knowledge and practical guidance to help stakeholders – including Convention on Biological Diversity Parties – implement...

Planning seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration

01/11/2024

This course explores how to plan seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration.

Videos

Geya and the three forest pathways: Steps to a forest-led green recovery and inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies

01/12/2022

Forest pathways have the potential to provide decentralized solutions that are highly cost-effective and can be implemented comparatively rapidly...

Sustainable wood: Housing a growing population

27/10/2022

A growing population means more buildings to fit everyone. By 2030, we will have to house an additional 3 billion people. Using wood from sustainably...

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...