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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

Agroforestry for wood production – Insights from multifunctional smallholder tree-farming systems in Asia and the Pacific
2025

The report highlights the growing importance of smallholder tree-farming systems in meeting the region’s rising wood demand amid declining natural forest production and plateauing industrial plantations.

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.

Videos

Communicating for forests
22/12/2017

The Regional Forest Communicators Networks work to promote understanding of topical forestry issues in order to strengthen sustainable forest management...

Soil carbon monitoring in Tanzania
07/12/2017

Deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries account for nearly 20% of green house gas emissions worldwide, which is why estimating...

Better cookstoves for better lives
20/05/2017

For many households in developing countries, forests and trees are indispensable and some 2.4 billion people rely on wood for cooking. Traditional cooking...