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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

Twelve misconceptions about agrosilvopastoral systems – and how to overcome them
2026

This brochure examines 12 common misconceptions about agrosilvopastoral systems and explains how evidence, policy and practice can overcome them.

In Brief: Delivering restoration outcomes for biodiversity and human well-being
2026

This summary guide presents the key guidance, recommendations, and tools from the publication on implementing Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF).

One Health and forest invasive species
2026

This brief presents actionable, evidence-based recommendations for combating forest invasive species under One Health, protecting the forest ecosystems that sustain planetary health.

Elearning Academy

E-learning
Agrifood systems solutions for halting deforestation
18/06/2026

This course provides guidance and tools designed to identify systemic solutions to context- specific indirect drivers or deforestation and forest degradation...

E-learning
Agroforestry for sustainable agrifood transformation - Introduction
18/03/2026

This e-learning course is part of FAO’s global efforts to strengthen the links between agriculture and forestry and advance sustainable agrifood systems....

E-learning
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...

Protecting Mongolia's forests

An FAO programme that helps local communities in Mongolia to protect their own forests is being seen as a model for action in the Asia-Pacific region. The Participatory Forest Management project has effectively stopped illegal logging and forest fires in 15 pilot districts since it began in 2007 and is set to go nationwide when the pilot program ends in January 2012.

10/06/2013