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
FAO Forestry Paper 165: Reforming forest tenure
2011
Secure tenure is an important prerequisite for sustainable forest management. More diversified tenure systems could provide a basis for improving forest management and local livelihoods, particularly where the State has insufficient capacity to manage forests.
FAO Forestry Paper 164: Guide to implementation of phytosanitary standards in forestry
2011
FAO initiated a multistakeholder activity to prepare this guide to provide the forest sector with clear and concise guidance on forest health practices, including plain language descriptions of the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) and suggestions for their improved national implementation.
