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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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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
Timber traceability – A management tool for governments. Case studies from Latin America
07/2022
This report aims to document lessons and best practices in the planning of government-led timber traceability systems in Latin America to provide a reference for other countries that are tasked with developing and implementing similar systems. It also seeks to help other audiences recognize that traceability is global trend and is becoming a new norm for conducting business and trade in international wood markets.
A rapid geospatial analysis of Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces in Mozambique
06/2022
FAO conducted a geospatial assessment of Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces of Mozambique for the period 2016–2021, with a particular focus on key indicators related to access to energy (biomass), food (change of agricultural land) and water (agricultural drought).
