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
A guide to multiple-use forest management planning for small and medium forest enterprises
2025
This publication discusses the concept, evolution, and requirements of forest management planning, focusing on multiple-use forest management and small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs).
Climate and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture
2025
Forests and trees are powerful, often undervalued allies of agriculture. This publication—developed by FAO, SEI, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International—synthesizes the latest science on how forests and trees regulate climate, water and ecosystem functions that directly underpin agricultural performance.
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.
Elearning Academy
Enhancing policy coherence through public expenditure analysis for forests
08/12/2025
This e-learning course introduces the methodology for analysing public expenditure on forests to enhance policy coherence and foster synergies between...
Forest management planning for small and medium forest enterprises
19/09/2025
An e-learning series of 3 courses on forest management planning for small and medium forest enterprises aims to raise awareness and develop skills in...
National forest inventory - learning journey
25/03/2025
The national forest inventory - learning journey explains the key phases of an inventory: from planning to implementation and data gathering to reporting....
Nepali women’s community group is turning fire prevention into a climate-resilient green enterprise
Women from the Binayi Triveni Municipality in Nepal’s western region collect forest litter – the bark, leaves and sticks on the forest floor that can fuel wildfires - and transform it into organic fertilizer which is bought by local farmers and government nurseries.
22/04/2025