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FAO launches ‘4 WINS’ approach to advance women’s entrepreneurship in forest economies
06/03/2026
As part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled a new model for strengthening women’s leadership and entrepreneurship in the world’s forest sectors.
From savannah plant to global remedy
02/03/2026
How the devil’s claw tuber improves health and wildlife conservation in Namibia
CBD parties acknowledge FAO road map on ecosystem restoration
19/02/2026

Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) this week acknowledged an FAO-led global partnership to monitor progress towards ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM...

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Publications

A practical guide to understanding community hunting systems in the tropics
2026

This document provides guidance on the key aspects to consider when evaluating the opportunity to support CBSWM systems. It explains what needs to be understood about community hunting and why this information is essential for guiding transformative processes toward sustainable wildlife management, with illustrative examples from the SWM Programme intervention sites.

Capturing wild food and neglected and underutilized species in dietary assessments at scale
2026

The development of this guidance note was motivated by numerous calls to improve the availability of globally comparable and population-level data on food biodiversity, in particular, wild species and neglected and underutilized species.

From tree planting to resilient livelihoods: The imperative of socioeconomic driven restoration
2026

Action Against Desertification 2026, Policy brief, No. 3

Empowering Rupununi women: conservation and community champions in Guyana

01/06/2024

Elearning Academy

E-learning
Enhancing policy coherence through public expenditure analysis for forests
08/12/2025

This e-learning course introduces the methodology for analysing public expenditure on forests to enhance policy coherence and foster synergies between...

Elearning: Delivering restoration outcomes for biodiversity and human well-being
E-learning
Delivering restoration outcomes for biodiversity and human well-being
25/11/2024

The course offers essential knowledge and practical guidance to help stakeholders – including Convention on Biological Diversity Parties – implement...

Planning seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration
Planning seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration
01/11/2024

This course explores how to plan seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration.