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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.
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Publications

Forest sector contribution to national economies 2015
Forest sector contribution to national economies 2015
2022

This report presents the total economic contributions of the forest sector to national economies around the globe, based on estimations of the forest sector direct, indirect and induced effects on the economy derived from the national accounts input-output matrixes with the most recent data available (2015).

Enabling micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in legal timber production and trade
FAO Forestry Paper 189: Enabling micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in legal timber production and trade
2022

This report explains the challenges facing forest sector micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and outlines strategies to support them to supply legal timber and timber products to domestic and international markets.

Carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+ Tenure links and country-based legal solutions
Carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Tenure links and country-based legal solutions
2022

More clarity on who ‘owns’ emissions reductions is still needed to access different sources of forest carbon finance and protect the rights of vulnerable groups, according to a new information brief released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).