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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

Exemplary forest management revisited
2025

This study revisits 25 forest management cases originally highlighted in FAO’s “In Search of Excellence” initiative to assess their long-term sustainability and derive lessons for future forest governance.

What are countries doing for their forest biodiversity?
What are countries doing for their forest biodiversity?
2025

Countries are focusing on improving sustainable forest management as the most effective strategy for protecting biodiversity in the face of multiple threats, according to a study published by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.

The status of Mediterranean forests 2025
The status of Mediterranean forests 2025
2025

Forests and wooded lands cover 28 percent of the Mediterranean region. Forest area within Mediterranean countries grew by 12 percent between 1990 and 2020, but gains have slowed and requires enhanced sustainable forest management.

Elearning Academy

Sustainable financing
Sustainable financing of forest and landscape restoration
01/03/2021

To meet countries’ national commitments to restoring degraded landscapes, adequate public and private investments are needed. This course has been developed...

Climate-smart forestry
Climate-smart forestry
01/06/2020

This course explores the role of forests and trees in climate-smart agriculture (CSA). It takes into consideration the ecosystem services and goods...

Videos

Forests and sustainable cities
08/02/2021

More people live in cities than ever before and by 2050, 6 billion people or as much as 70% of the global population is expected to live in urban areas....

Action Against Desertification - Sudan
08/02/2021

Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to restore drylands and degraded lands in...

Forests for Nature: The State of the World’s Forests 2020
22/05/2020

Forests are the most biodiverse habitat on land. Yet scientists estimate that 420 million hectares of forest have been lost through land conversion...