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
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FAO launches ‘4 WINS’ approach to advance women’s entrepreneurship in forest economies
06/03/2026
From savannah plant to global remedy
02/03/2026
Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems
17/12/2025
Publications
Branching out: Synergies in forest assessments and climate transparency reporting
2026
This publication explores how synergies between FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment and the UNFCCC’s Biennial Transparency Reports can streamline reporting processes by enhancing data quality, reducing national reporting burden and strengthening evidence-based climate action.
Working towards land degradation neutrality in Tanzania
2025
Championing sustainable beekeeping and honey production through the Sustainable Landscapes Production Framework
Transforming Namibia’s drylands: charcoal production as a solution to bush encroachment
2025
The Impact Program works across three eco-regions within drylands, namely: the Miombo-Mopane landscapes of Southern Africa, the Savannas of East and West Africa, and the Great steppes of Central Asia.
Elearning Academy
Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
06/03/2023
This course seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers to apply a transformational...
Resilient rivers: Watershed-based management of forests, freshwater, and inland fisheries
01/03/2023
Focusing on freshwater systems, this course inspires managers, scientists, and community members to understand, monitor and manage watersheds as integrated...
Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement
01/02/2023
The objective of this course is to learn about the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement. It will be useful to those wishing to...
Videos
Forests and water
24/02/2021
Forests are vital to our water supply. They influence how and where rain falls, and they filter and clean our water. By protecting the world’s forests,...
Sustainable forests: a powerful ally against climate change
24/02/2021
Climate change is subjecting our planet to unsustainable pressures. Forests and trees trap and store carbon as they grow – standing at the frontline...