People and forests
News
New age for oak acorns: couscous in Algeria
16/10/2021
FAO calls for climate finance for forest and farm smallholders
12/10/2021
Winner of GROW Summer School agrobiodiversity innovation contest announced
27/09/2021
Publications
FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
2015
This publication has been formulated so as to ensure that FAO will make all due efforts to respect, include and promote indigenous issues in relevant work. In so doing, it joins the international community’s increasing mobilization in favour of the rights and concerns of indigenous peoples, most of whom suffer disproportionately from multiple adversities.
Unasylva 241: Forests for food security and nutrition
2013
Forests and trees are essential for food security and nutrition as producers of foods and income and providers of ecosystem services. Achieving an optimal mix of trees in landscapes, however, requires much more interaction between forestry and agriculture. Unasylva 241 explores how to best use forests and trees to ensure food security, adequate nutrition and the elimination of poverty and hunger.
FAO Forestry Paper 173: Multiple-use forest management in the humid tropics
2013
Societal demands on tropical forests at the local, national and global scales are profound and varied: the regulation of the hydrological cycle; the mitigation of global climate change; the provision of timber and non-timber products; food security; recreation; biodiversity conservation; cultural and spiritual values; livelihoods and employment; and many others.