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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
Flagship publication
The State of the World's Forests
International forestry journal
Restoring the Mediterranean region – status and challenges
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FAO Forestry Paper 187: Grazing with trees. A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands
10/2022
Trees in dryland forests provide animal feed, timber, fruit and help regulate soil and water cycles. Livestock in dryland forests also play an important role; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also mobilise stored biomass.
What have we learned from trees? Three decades of farmer field schools on agroforestry and forestry
09/2022
Over the last three decades, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have proven to be an effective discovery-learning-capacity building approach to help rural populations to innovate with more clarity and purpose while building the social skills needed for rural transformation and empowerment.
Building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
09/2022
At the world’s largest gathering on forests, the XV World Forestry Congress held in May 2022, stakeholders urged immediate action.This publication summarizes the key outcomes, prioritizing six key areas to accelerate and scale-up global commitments and action on forests.
Halting deforestation from agricultural value chains: the role of governments
09/2022
This paper summarizes the current state of concepts and approaches for addressing deforestation in the trade, marketing, and production of agricultural commodities that have a disproportionate impact on forests at international, national, and landscape level.
National forest resources monitoring and assessment of Tanzania's forests
08/2022
Competition for natural resources in dryland areas often leads to conflict between host communities and displaced people. This policy brief evidences this fragility of ecosystems in humanitarian settings through a thorough review of three innovative projects implemented by FAO, CGIAR and CARE, consultations with Think Tank organizations in Africa and Middle East and practitioners on the ground
