Forest products and services
Partnerships and initiatives
GLOBAL WEBINAR SERIES: SUSTAINABLE FOREST-BASED BIOECONOMY APPROACHES
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News
Global forest products facts and figures 2023 shows fall in global trade in wood and paper products
10/12/2024
Forests, trees and wild species key to healthy agrifood systems – FAO
31/10/2024
Africa’s forests can be a cornerstone of sustainable bioeconomy, FAO report
24/10/2024
Publications
FAO Forestry Paper 188: Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry
2022
This report outlines the technical and policy tools available for countries and stakeholders, as well as the steps needed, to effectively mainstream biodiversity in forestry.
FAO-EU FLEGT Programme: Results, impacts and lessons learned from designing and implementing timber legality verification systems
2022
The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme was established in 2016 to support the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. The Programme sought to tackle illegal logging, promote trade in legal timber products, and ultimately contribute to sustainable forest management and poverty reduction. This publication presents achievements, lessons learned and recommendations for future programming.
An assessment of uptake of the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators
2022
The twenty-fifth session of the Committee on Forestry (CPF) requested FAO to analyse - in collaboration with members of the CPF - the uptake of the Global Core Set of forest related Indicators (GCS) by other reporting processes and the extent to which they decrease reporting burden on countries.