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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.

Publications

FAO Forestry Paper 170: Sustainable management of Pinus radiata plantations

2012

This book is about how to grow Pinus radiata (radiata pine) forest plantations. Radiata pine is a versatile, fast-growing, medium-density softwood, very suitable for a wide range of end-uses.

FAO Forestry Paper 165: Reforming forest tenure

2011

Secure tenure is an important prerequisite for sustainable forest management. More diversified tenure systems could provide a basis for improving forest management and local livelihoods, particularly where the State has insufficient capacity to manage forests.

Planted forests in sustainable forest management - A statement of principles

2010

Planted forests are set to become a more significant form of forestry development over the coming decades. During 2005-2010 the area of planted forests in the world expanded each year by about 5 million hectares on avearage. Given this trend a further rise of the planted forest area up to 300 million hectares can be anticipated in the near future.

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

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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...