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News

FAO launches ‘4 WINS’ approach to advance women’s entrepreneurship in forest economies
06/03/2026
As part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled a new model for strengthening women’s leadership and entrepreneurship in the world’s forest sectors.
From savannah plant to global remedy
02/03/2026
How the devil’s claw tuber improves health and wildlife conservation in Namibia
Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems
17/12/2025
When forests thrive, so do communities and agriculture, explains Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of FAO's Forestry Division.
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Publications

Unasylva 251: Forests: nature-based solutions for water
2019

Forested watersheds provide an estimated 75 percent of the world’s accessible freshwater resources, on which more than half the Earth’s people depend for domestic, agricultural, industrial and environmental purposes. Forests therefore, are vital natural infrastructure, and their management can provide “nature-based solutions” for a range of water-related societal challenges.

FAO Forestry Paper 183 FAO framework methodology for climate change vulnerability assessments of forests and forest dependent people
FAO Forestry Paper 183: FAO framework methodology for climate change vulnerability assessments of forests and forest dependent people
2019

This publication provides practitioners with step-by-step guidance for conducting vulnerability assessments using the most appropriate tools. The guide will be useful for anyone conducting vulnerability assessments involving trees or forests, including forest owners, managers and administrators in the private and public sectors and in community forestry organizations, and land-use planners.

Deploying a humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach: Exploring, strengthening and reviving dryland ecosystems
Deploying a humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach: Exploring, strengthening and reviving dryland ecosystems
2019

The working paper unpacks how combined climate shocks, environmental degradation, and conflict exacerbates people’s vulnerability and reflects how responses should adapt to tackle these compounding challenges and bolster resilience.