Forests and the environment
Partnerships and initiatives
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New report charts how women, youth and Indigenous Peoples can claim greater agency inside producer organizations
15/10/2026
FAO report: Restoring forests and landscapes is critical to meeting global food security and development goals
28/09/2026
Forest and landscape restoration is a cost-effective response to food security, biodiversity, climate, and other development challenges, according to a new report by FAO.
FAO guidance aims to strengthen global wildfire resilience
25/09/2026
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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.
Climate-smart forestry
2021
This fact sheet describes the e-learning course that explores the role of forests and trees in Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). It explores the complex relationship between climate change and forests, and how adaptation and mitigation measures can benefit forests, forest-dependent people, and global climate change. The synergies and trade-offs involved in climate-smart forest management are also considered.
Indicators of the genetic diversity of trees – State, pressure, benefit and response
2021
This study, prepared within the ambit of The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources, reviews issues related to the development of indicators for tree genetic diversity. It includes a historical account of the development of science-based indicators for tree genetic diversity that embrace ecological surrogates for genetic diversity.