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
Enhancing efforts for productive and resilient dryland landscapes in Southern Africa
29/07/2024
New manual aims to improve accuracy of mangrove monitoring
26/07/2024
FAO launches updated guidelines to tackle extreme wildfires
26/07/2024
Publications
Remote sensing techniques for mapping and monitoring mangroves at fine scales
2024
This manual, produced by the FAO and The Nature Conservancy, aims to help governments to gather far more accurate information on mangroves to better inform decisions on coastal land use and restoration.
Bridging nature and climate through protection of primary forests with high ecological integrity
2024
Primary forests are critically significant for combatting climate change and slowing biodiversity loss, according to a new policy paper launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The State of the World’s Forests 2024: Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future
2024
This edition provides highlights on the state of the world’s forests and explores the transformative power of evidence-based innovation in the forest sector, ranging from new technologies to creative and successful policies and institutional changes, to new ways of getting finance to forest owners and managers.
Elearning Academy
Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15
15/03/2024
This course provides a basic understanding of land-cover data and its use for monitoring progress towards the achievement of international agreed goals,...
National forest inventory series
02/10/2023
This e-learning series describes the key phases of an NFI, from planning to implementation, and from data gathering to reporting in 8 courses.
Planning seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration
01/09/2023
This course explores how to plan seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration.
Videos
International Day of Forests 2023: Healthy Forests for Healthy People
21/03/2023
Conserving and sustainably using forests is one of the best ways of protecting our planet and ourselves. Healthy forests are vital for all aspects of...
Geya and the three forest pathways: Steps to a forest-led green recovery and inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies
01/12/2022
Forest pathways have the potential to provide decentralized solutions that are highly cost-effective and can be implemented comparatively rapidly...
Sustainable wood: Housing a growing population
27/10/2022
A growing population means more buildings to fit everyone. By 2030, we will have to house an additional 3 billion people. Using wood from sustainably...