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
New report charts how women, youth and Indigenous Peoples can claim greater agency inside producer organizations
15/10/2026
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.
FAO Director-General praises Indonesia's forest conservation and monitoring efforts
01/10/2026
Director-General QU Dongyu praised Indonesia's efforts to reduce deforestation and welcomed the launch of its country report on the state of its forests during the 28th Session of FAO's Committee on Forestry.
Publications
Data-driven restoration across the African drylands Action Against Desertification 2026, Policy brief, No. 4
2026
This policy brief highlights key lessons learned from restoration interventions, and provides actionable recommendations to scale up efforts across the Great Green Wall (GGW).
Scaling up land restoration to expand Africa’s Great Green Wall Action Against Desertification 2026, Policy brief, No. 1
2026
This policy brief highlights key lessons learned from restoration interventions, and provides actionable recommendations to scale up efforts across the Great Green Wall (GGW)
From tree planting to resilient livelihoods: The imperative of socioeconomic driven restoration
2026
Action Against Desertification 2026, Policy brief, No. 3
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...