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COP 31
COP31: FAO welcomes COP30 Presidency Roadmap to halt and reverse deforestation
09/11/2026
Today FAO welcomed the launch of the COP30 Presidency Roadmap on Enhancing Efforts Towards Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030.
New report charts how women, youth and Indigenous Peoples can claim greater agency inside producer organizations
15/10/2026
Forest and farm producer organizations can help women, young people and Indigenous Peoples move beyond participation towards real influence over decisions, resources and benefits, according to a new report. 
World Forest Week: FAO urges greater investment and action for the world's dryland forests
02/10/2026

Forests and trees in the world's drylands sustain the livelihoods, food security and cultural identity of more than two billion people, yet they remain insufficiently recognized in global climate, biodiversity and land agendas, according to FAO.

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Publications

Forest Restoration Improvement for Environmental Development and Sustainability in Central Asia (FRIENDS)
Forest Restoration Improvement for Environmental Development and Sustainability in Central Asia (FRIENDS)
2022

FRIENDS project aims to develop national capacities to successfully conduct large-scale forest and other wooded lands restoration, by enhancing know-how to prevent degradation.

Valuing, restoring and managing presumed drylands Cerrado, Miombo–Mopane woodlands and the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
Valuing, restoring and managing “presumed drylands”: Cerrado, Miombo–Mopane woodlands and the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
2022

This study confirms the existence of 1,075 million hectares of presumed drylands that are under threat from unsustainable use and climate change.

FRA 2020 Remote Sensing Survey
FAO Forestry Paper 186: FRA Remote Sensing Survey
2022

The FRA 2020 Remote Sensing Survey is a global collaborative study of the land use dynamic between the years 2000, 2010 and 2018, focused on forest and forest changes.