People and forests
News
Five plants hidden in our everyday lives
10/05/2022
No sweeter business
13/04/2022
Four beauty products found in forests
18/03/2022
Publications
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.
Unasylva 250: Forests and sustainable cities
2018
Cities need forests. The network of woodlands, groups of trees and individual trees in a city and on its fringes performs a huge range of functions – such as regulating climate; storing carbon; removing air pollutants; reducing the risk of flooding; assisting in food, energy and water security; and improving the physical and mental health of citizens. This edition of Unasylva takes a close look at urban and peri-urban forestry – its benefits, pitfalls, governance and challenges.