Forests and the environment
Partnerships and initiatives
News
Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems
17/12/2025
Indigenous and local action brings back nature: UN recognizes three World Restoration Flagships
04/12/2025
COP30: Forests drive agricultural success, not conflict, report shows
19/11/2025
FAO-led report says protecting and restoring forests is crucial to boosting climate-resilient agriculture, rural livelihoods and global food and water security.
Publications
Addressing the human-wildlife conflict to improve people’s livelihoods
2021
This brochure provides a visually easy-to-retain overview of relevant information about human-wildlife conflict in order to engage and inform a large audience about the complex nature of this issue, and its causes, consequences, country examples, and good management principles.
Blooming drylands – a practical approach for context-dependent economic, social and environmentally sustainable transformations
2021
This policy brief is intended to inform decision-makers of nine transformational actions to sustain dryland production systems under the impact of climate change. It highlights the relevance of the local context for interventions and the importance of traditional and tested adaptive agrosilvopastoral strategies for building resilience.
Mapping together: A guide to monitoring forest and landscape restoration using Collect Earth mapathons
2021
Forest and landscape restoration monitoring is an important component of a well-rounded restoration implementation strategy. This guide serves to assist stakeholders in monitoring tree-based restoration, with a focus on trees outside forests, using a Collect Earth mapathon approach.