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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

FAO Forestry Paper 165 Reforming forest tenure
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
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.

FAO Forestry Paper 158: Fighting sand encroachment. Lessons from Mauritania
FAO Forestry Paper 158: Fighting sand encroachment. Lessons from Mauritania
2010