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
FAO Forestry Paper 181: Climate change for forest policy-makers
2018
The critical role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation is now widely recognized. Forests contribute significantly to climate change mitigation through their carbon sink and carbon storage functions.
A review of existing approaches and methods to assess climate change vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent people
2018
This document provides an overview of vulnerability assessment methods and considers how they can be adapted to evaluate the vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent communities to climate and climate change.
Advancing the role of natural regeneration in large-scale forest and landscape restoration in the Asia-Pacific region
2018
Case studies and experiences with natural regeneration from the region have shown that natural regeneration significantly reduces the cost of restoration in areas that meet certain conditions. Native species that are adapted to the prevailing conditions re-establish on their own with some assistance, achieving accelerated growth in accordance with natural succession, leading to the recovery of native ecosystems