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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
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The State of the World's Forests
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Restoring the Mediterranean region – status and challenges
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Assessment of the Ugandan commercial timber plantation resource and markets for its products
11/2021
Forests are critical resources in Uganda, providing numerous benefits, including the most common forms of energy; charcoal and firewood. The current demand for wood products greatly exceeds the supply. This study estimates the extent of the timber plantation resource, characterizes the timber that the commercial plantations will yield in the next 10 years and assesses the markets and demand for forest products from timber plantations.
Turning the tide on deforestation
11/2021
This brochure presents flagship initiatives and programmes designed by members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to contribute to the common goal formulated by UN Secretary-General António Guterres of “turning the tide on deforestation”. The brochure reaffirms the call by leaders at UNFCCC COP26 for action to accelerate efforts to halt deforestation.
Women’s participation in wood-based value chains in VPA-implementing countries. MALEBI: Women at the forefront of sustainable charcoal production in Côte d'Ivoire
11/2021
This brief describes the constraints as well as opportunities of women in the wood-based supply chain, from a case study that focuses on The Association of Women Producers and Traders of Secondary Forest Products (MALEBI) in Côte d’Ivoire.
The Restoration Initiative: 2020 Year in Review
11/2021
With support from the Global Environment Facility, this pathbreaking programme led by IUCN in partnership with FAO and the UN Environment Programme is supporting ten Asian and African countries in achieving shared restoration goals.
Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity
10/2021
The forest authorities of Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, jointly with FAO and the University of Hamburg, implemented a regional project “Ensuring Long-Term Productivity of Lowland Tropical Forests in the Caribbean” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
