About FAO News Multimedia Main topics Statistics Members Publications

Forestry

©FAO Luis Tato

Forest products and services

News

Global forest products trade and production show signs of recovery in 2024
24/12/2025
After a sharp decline in 2023, the global forest products sector saw signs of stabilization in 2024.
The women replanting Argentina’s future
05/11/2025
Amid deforestation, women are planting new roots, taking the climate into their own hands.
New methods developed for estimating wood fuel removals and wood charcoal production
23/07/2025
Experts from FAO and partners have successfully pioneered new methods for estimating wood fuel removals and wood charcoal production.
View More

Publications

Rethinking Forest Concessions
Rethinking forest concessions
2018

This report forms part of a review aimed at providing advice on improving forest concession systems in tropical forests. The review was carried out by FAO in cooperation with the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Brazilian Forest Service, the Center for International Forestry Research and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement.

Impact of the shea nut industry on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
Impact of the shea nut industry on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
2017

This study, developed in collaboration with Bright Futures of Burkina Faso, surveys 183 women and 6 men including 36 leaders of shea groups, to provide quantitative analysis on the economic resilience derived from shea nuts in terms of income, assets and savings.

FAO Forestry Paper 177 Forestry for a low-carbon future
FAO Forestry Paper 177: Forestry for a low-carbon future
2016

This report brings together contributions from more than 100 experts on the different mitigation options offered by forests and wood products and on the enabling conditions for realizing their potential.

Videos

Communicating forestry innovation at FAO
24/10/2025

From fibre to packaging, building materials & even waterproof sinks - innovation in forestry has been on show in Rome, at the From Seeds to Food...

International Day of Forests 2024: New solutions for a better world
21/03/2024

Innovation is unlocking the forests’ long-kept secrets and allowing us to use trees in ways we never imagined possible.

Sustainable wood: The manifesto
06/12/2022

Over the centuries, we’ve moved away from using wood as a building material, at great cost to the planet.

Sustainable wood: Climate-friendly cities
01/12/2022

Find more videos on the FAO Forestry YouTube playlist

Sustainable wood: Housing a growing population
27/10/2022

A growing population means more buildings to fit everyone. By 2030, we will have to house an additional 3 billion people. Using wood from sustainably...

Sustainable Wood: Building the future
13/10/2022

Wood can be a material of the future, helping to build a bio-economy for the planet's health and economic recovery. Durable “cross-laminated timber”...

Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/04/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...

Is your toothbrush made of plastic or wood?
21/03/2022

Replacing more of the plastic things we use every day with wood-based products from sustainably managed forests can help combat climate change and achieve...

Sustainable forests: a powerful ally against climate change
24/02/2021

Climate change is subjecting our planet to unsustainable pressures. Forests and trees trap and store carbon as they grow – standing at the frontline...

Clean energy from sustainable wood
24/02/2021

View More