People and forests
News
Indigenous Peoples must be central to tackling the climate crisis
26/10/2021
New age for oak acorns: couscous in Algeria
16/10/2021
FAO calls for climate finance for forest and farm smallholders
12/10/2021
Publications
FAO Forestry Paper 176: Forty years of community-based forestry
2015
Since the 1970s and 1980s, community-based forestry has grown in popularity, based on the concept that local communities, when granted sufficient property rights over local forest commons, can organize autonomously and develop local institutions to regulate the use of natural resources and manage them sustainably.
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.