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
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.
Publications
FAO Forestry Paper 168: Soil carbon monitoring using surveys and modelling
2012
This publication describes the application of survey- and modelling-based methods for monitoring soil organic carbon stock and its changes on a national scale.
FAO Forestry Paper 167: Wildlife in a changing climate
2011
For the past twenty years climate change has been high on the international agenda. Together with desertification, soil degradation and biodiversity loss, it is widely recognized as the major environmental threat the world is facing.
FAO Forestry Paper 166: Community-based fire management: A review
2011
This publication is based on the experiences of FAO and partners in community-based fire management (CBFiM).