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
COP30: FAO’s AIM4Forests secures long-term financial support from the United Kingdom
15/11/2025
FAO welcomes COP30 leaders’ call to action on wildfire resilience
07/11/2025
The women replanting Argentina’s future
05/11/2025
Publications
Women-led solutions for drought resilience
2024
Launched on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, a UNCCD-FAO report calls for better recognizing and supporting women-led efforts to protect vulnerable communities from the devastating effects of drought.
Advancing women's leadership in dryland regions through the three Rs: rights, representation and resources
2024
WeCaN is a nurturing community of practice for dryland women. Using case studies, this policy brief focuses on advancing women's leadership in dryland regions.
Grounded in data – informing climate action and reporting with national forest inventories
2024
National forest inventories play a pivotal role in providing estimates on key variables related to the characteristics of forests across an entire country, including emission factors for calculating forest-related greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
Videos
#2BillionCare - do you?
28/11/2016
Two billion people live in the drylands, which cover 41 percent of the world's land area. Far from being bare and lifeless, these drylands contain trees...
Boosting income and forest cover in Viet Nam
08/08/2016
Globally, agriculture remains the most significant driver of global deforestation. Yet in Viet Nam, food security and forest cover have both increased...
Empowering forest communities in The Gambia
08/08/2016
A nationwide programme to transfer government-owned forest land to local communities is changing lives in The Gambia while promoting the sustainable...