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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

Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity
2021

The forest authorities of Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, jointly with FAO and the University of Hamburg, implemented a regional project “Ensuring Long-Term Productivity of Lowland Tropical Forests in the Caribbean” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

FAO Forestry Paper 185: Guide sur la gestion des forêts et de l’eau
2021

Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress.