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Forest management

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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

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.

Doing no harm while doing good
2022

Competition for natural resources in dryland areas often leads to conflict between host communities and displaced people. This policy brief evidences this fragility of ecosystems in humanitarian settings through a thorough review of three innovative projects implemented by FAO, CGIAR and CARE, consultations with Think Tank organizations in Africa and Middle East and practitioners on the ground