People and forests
News
Joint study shows importance of wild forest fruits to diets in rural Zambia
30/06/2021
Households in rural Zambia rely heavily on fruits collected from forests for a more balanced diet, reports a new study carried out by FAO and the Center for International Forestry Research.
Education is a key lifeline for world’s forests
24/06/2021
Forest education at all levels is insufficient in many countries of the world, according to the results of a global survey led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Tropical Timber Organization and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
Call for a renaissance in forest education
24/06/2021
Well-trained foresters are vital to address some of the world’s greatest problems and to achieve the SDGs. Climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, emerging zoonotic diseases, rural poverty, and malnutrition all have direct links with the state of the world’s forests and the people that manage and protect them.
Publications
Enhancing stakeholder participation in national forest programmes - Tools for practitioners
2009
FAO and the National Forest Programme Facility have developed a capacity building module on Enhancing stakeholder participation in nfps, to enable countries to gain the knowledge and skills for practical application of this important principle in their local contexts.
Enhancing stakeholder participation in National Forest Programmes - Forest policy brief
2009
There is a growing recognition of the wide range of goods and services that forests provide at all levels of society – to the millions of people living in or around forests who depend on them for their survival and livelihoods, to national governments and to the global community.
