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
FAO Forestry Paper 187: Grazing with trees. A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands
2022
Trees in dryland forests provide animal feed, timber, fruit and help regulate soil and water cycles. Livestock in dryland forests also play an important role; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also mobilise stored biomass.
Building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
2022
At the world’s largest gathering on forests, the XV World Forestry Congress held in May 2022, stakeholders urged immediate action.This publication summarizes the key outcomes, prioritizing six key areas to accelerate and scale-up global commitments and action on forests.
Halting deforestation from agricultural value chains: the role of governments
2022
This paper summarizes the current state of concepts and approaches for addressing deforestation in the trade, marketing, and production of agricultural commodities that have a disproportionate impact on forests at international, national, and landscape level.