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
From reference levels to results reporting: REDD+ under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
2021
This report provides an update on REDD+ forest reference (emission) levels and REDD+ results submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and relevant developments under the Green Climate Fund concerning REDD+ results-based payments.
Addressing the human-wildlife conflict to improve people’s livelihoods
2021
This brochure provides a visually easy-to-retain overview of relevant information about human-wildlife conflict in order to engage and inform a large audience about the complex nature of this issue, and its causes, consequences, country examples, and good management principles.
Blooming drylands – a practical approach for context-dependent economic, social and environmentally sustainable transformations
2021
This policy brief is intended to inform decision-makers of nine transformational actions to sustain dryland production systems under the impact of climate change. It highlights the relevance of the local context for interventions and the importance of traditional and tested adaptive agrosilvopastoral strategies for building resilience.