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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

Enhancing the sustainability and financing of forest-based value chains
Enhancing the sustainability and financing of forest-based value chains
2025

Designed for a diverse audience including project developers, policy decision-makers, private sector operators, and finance sector stakeholders, the document provides practical guidance on designing and carrying out value chain analyses, choosing and designing upgrading interventions, and financing them.

Assessing conditions to scale up private investment in forest restoration
Assessing conditions to scale up private investment in forest restoration
2025

Published in the Journal of Forest Business Research, this research paper found that forest restoration in low- and middle-income countries faces significant investment challenges, as only a limited portion of degraded forestland meets conditions for private investment. To scale up restoration, strong public-sector support and targeted policy interventions are needed to improve investment conditions.

Towards the institutionalization of forest data: The importance of data management and sharing
Towards the institutionalization of forest data: the importance of data management and sharing
2025

This publication explores how countries can improve forest data governance by institutionalizing data management and sharing within national forest monitoring systems.

Videos

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...

Reclaiming the forests of Costa Rica
06/08/2016

After decades of clear-cutting forests for cattle pastures and commodity crops, Costa Rica’s forest cover has now increased to 54 percent, thanks to...

State of the World’s Forests 2016: Forests and agriculture - land use challenges and opportunities (longer version)
18/07/2016

Agriculture remains the most significant driver of global deforestation. Large-scale commercial agriculture and subsistence agriculture currently account...