People and forests
News
FAO and Slow Food renew collaboration to improve smallholder livelihoods
30/09/2022
International conference recognizes small-scale producer organizations as agents of resilience
29/09/2022
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...
Publications
Expanding social protection in rural areas, focusing on fisheries and forestry
2019
This special issue of Policy in Focus opens with an article on universal social protection in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exploring the expansion of social protection and related challenges over the last decades.
FAO Forestry Paper 183: FAO framework methodology for climate change vulnerability assessments of forests and forest dependent people
2019
This publication provides practitioners with step-by-step guidance for conducting vulnerability assessments using the most appropriate tools. The guide will be useful for anyone conducting vulnerability assessments involving trees or forests, including forest owners, managers and administrators in the private and public sectors and in community forestry organizations, and land-use planners.
Assessing the governance of tenure for improving forests and livelihoods
2019
A tool to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure to help countries evaluate their forest tenure systems, particularly those that facilitate participation of non-state actors in forestry, including co-management regimes, community forestry, smallholder forestry, large holder forestry, or company concessions granted on State lands.