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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

17/12/2025
When forests thrive, so do communities and agriculture, explains Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of FAO's Forestry Division.
New FAO tools to help countries halt deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation
16/12/2025
A new suite of tools launched today by FAO will help countries identify practical, systemic solutions to halt deforestation while advancing sustainable agrifood systems.
15/11/2025
The UK Government today announced long-term funding of GBP 16.9 million for the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Publications

How natural resource management sectors can contribute to reducing emerging infectious diseases the example of forest ecosystems
2022

This policy brief provides eight recommendations for how the natural resource management sector can play a more active role in reducing risk and mitigating the impact of emerging infectious diseases, targeting national government authorities in charge of natural resource management, in addition to other sectors involved in environmental management and land use planning, including agriculture, tourism, animal health and public health.

Country case studies Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry
2022

This report is a compilation of country case studies commissioned as part of an assessment on biodiversity mainstreaming in forestry. Supplement to FAO Forestry Paper 188: Mainstreaming forestry in biodiversity.

Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme Newsletter, Issue 9 - March to August 2022
2022

The SWM Programme is the first international initiative to tackle the wild meat challenge by addressing both wildlife conservation and food security.