Policy, governance and economics
News
Grow the Solution initiative aims to promote wood-based products for climate
06/05/2024
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Communicators Network Joint Initiative today launched a new initiative to encourage greater use of products made from sustainably grown wood as a key strategy for combating climate change.
FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
FAO has launched a 15 million euro ($16.29 million) project funded by the European Union to help Uganda’s forestry sector contribute more sustainably to the economy and the environment.
Forestry and social protection must be better aligned, says new report
21/11/2023
A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for social protection and forestry to be aligned to work towards shared goals of risk reduction and poverty alleviation for forest dependent people.
Publications
Zero-deforestation commitments: A new avenue towards enhanced forest governance?
2018
The zero-deforestation movement has gained considerable momentum as governments and companies enter into commitments to curb deforestation. These pledges have created opportunities for improved forest governance by envisaging the private sector at the centre of the movement.
Social protection for forest-dependent communities
2017
This policy brief, developed with the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, is based on a global literature review of social protection for forest-dependent communities and three country case studies in Burkina Faso, China and Uganda.
Links between social protection and forestry policies: Lessons from China
2017
This review analyses the main forestry and social protection policies in China’s major forestry programmes.