Forest products and services
News
Vienna Call for Action urges progress on sustainable forest-based bioeconomy
26/02/2026
Global forest products trade and production show signs of recovery in 2024
24/12/2025
The women replanting Argentina’s future
05/11/2025
Publications
Global webinar series on sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches - summary of findings
2026
This brief distils the main insights derived from the global webinar series on sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches. It identifies common challenges, emerging opportunities and priority actions that can help countries advance sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches that are climate-smart, socially inclusive and economically viable.
Branching out: Synergies in forest assessments and climate transparency reporting
2026
This publication explores how synergies between FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment and the UNFCCC’s Biennial Transparency Reports can streamline reporting processes by enhancing data quality, reducing national reporting burden and strengthening evidence-based climate action.
Global forest products facts and figures 2024
2025
A synthesis of major trends in production, trade, and consumption of forest products, 2020-2024, including a short summary of recent improvements in FAO’s work on forest product statistics. It introduces key trends in the trade value of secondary processed wood and paper products (e.g., wooden furniture) and summarizes global trends in trade value for major non-wood forest products.
Elearning Academy
Measuring the role of forests and trees in household welfare and livelihoods
02/03/2020
The course introduces the definitions related to forest and wild products and describes the various methods and issues relevant to the forestry modules...
Operationalising the forestry modules
03/02/2020
This course describes the key aspects relevant for operationalising the forestry modules in collecting data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests...
Collecting household welfare data through forestry modules
03/02/2020
This course describes the components and questions in the forestry modules that collect data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests to household...