People and forests
News
Teaching the next generation of Filipinos the value of forests and the importance of sustainably managing them
16/09/2022
FAO and the Philippines have launched a new initiative this month to teach children about the importance of managing forests sustainably to safeguard natural resources in a changing climate. Funded by Germany, and using an innovative hands-on approach, the project will develop forest educ...
Joint study estimates at least 12 million large buckets of wild forest foods collected in Zambia annually
30/08/2022
Rome – The volume of wild foods harvested from forests in Zambia likely exceeds the volume of sawnwood produced in the country, according to a new joint study carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Center for International Fore...
Climate finance needs rethinking to reach Indigenous Peoples on the ground
09/08/2022
Publications
Status of community-based forestry and forest tenure in Honduras
2019
This policy brief highlights the findings from a forest tenure and community-based forestry assessment in Honduras. The brief promotes dialogue on current challenges and opportunities for strengthening community-based forestry in country.
FAO’s work with Indigenous Peoples in forestry
2019
FAO’s Forestry Department works with indigenous peoples to address the unique challenges they face, while assisting governments to develop appropriate forestry policies that take indigenous peoples’ land and resource rights, and views into account.
The role of forest producer organizations in social protection
2018
This study reviews the literature on the provision of social protection by forest producer organizations, with a specific focus on their role and practices in this regard, the types of benefits they provide, the factors that may enhance or hinder the provision of benefits and the opportunities for taking advantage of these organizations to expand social protection coverage in marginalized communities.