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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
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The State of the World's Forests
International forestry journal
Restoring the Mediterranean region – status and challenges
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FAO Forestry Paper 188: Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry
10/2022
This report outlines the technical and policy tools available for countries and stakeholders, as well as the steps needed, to effectively mainstream biodiversity in forestry.
FAO-EU FLEGT Programme: Results, impacts and lessons learned from designing and implementing timber legality verification systems
10/2022
The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme was established in 2016 to support the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. The Programme sought to tackle illegal logging, promote trade in legal timber products, and ultimately contribute to sustainable forest management and poverty reduction. This publication presents achievements, lessons learned and recommendations for future programming.
An assessment of uptake of the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators
10/2022
The twenty-fifth session of the Committee on Forestry (CPF) requested FAO to analyse - in collaboration with members of the CPF - the uptake of the Global Core Set of forest related Indicators (GCS) by other reporting processes and the extent to which they decrease reporting burden on countries.
Pulp and paper capacities annual survey 2021-2026
10/2022
The annual FAO survey of global pulp and paper production capacities is based on data received from national correspondents. The publication includes country tables for pulp and paper production capacity; grade tables showing the volume of production capacity by country, for each product and product aggregate code; and production tables by country.
Global forest sector outlook 2050: Assessing future demand and sources of timber for a sustainable economy
10/2022
Jointly produced by FAO, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the consultancy Unique land use GmbH, the report combines the results of a long-term outlook for the forest sector to 2050 with an assessment of wood demand in a sustainable economic environment
