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
Forest communities in the face of COVID-19 crisis
2021
This report assesses the impact of COVID-19 on forest communities and highlights the vital role of social organization in their response, recovery and in building back better after the pandemic.
Unlocking the potential of community timber
2021
Growing international and domestic demand for tropical timber has resulted in critical wood supply gaps for many tropical timber-producing countries, in some instances linked to a surge in illegal logging. Growing shortages of legal timber supply have necessitated the exploration of alternative sources of legally produced timber. Community forestry has been recognized as a potential source that could boost legal timber supply on the domestic market of tropical timber-producing countries.
Assessment of the Ugandan commercial timber plantation resource and markets for its products
2021
Forests are critical resources in Uganda, providing numerous benefits, including the most common forms of energy; charcoal and firewood. The current demand for wood products greatly exceeds the supply. This study estimates the extent of the timber plantation resource, characterizes the timber that the commercial plantations will yield in the next 10 years and assesses the markets and demand for forest products from timber plantations.