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Forest management

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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

17/12/2025
When forests thrive, so do communities and agriculture, explains Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of FAO's Forestry Division.
New FAO tools to help countries halt deforestation through sustainable agrifood systems transformation
16/12/2025
A new suite of tools launched today by FAO will help countries identify practical, systemic solutions to halt deforestation while advancing sustainable agrifood systems.
15/11/2025
The UK Government today announced long-term funding of GBP 16.9 million for the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Publications

Working towards land degradation neutrality in Tanzania
2025

Championing sustainable beekeeping and honey production through the Sustainable Landscapes Production Framework

Transforming Namibia’s drylands: charcoal production as a solution to bush encroachment
2025

The Impact Program works across three eco-regions within drylands, namely: the Miombo-Mopane landscapes of Southern Africa, the Savannas of East and West Africa, and the Great steppes of Central Asia.

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
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....

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