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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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Agroforestry for wood production – Insights from multifunctional smallholder tree-farming systems in Asia and the Pacific
11/2025
The report highlights the growing importance of smallholder tree-farming systems in meeting the region’s rising wood demand amid declining natural forest production and plateauing industrial plantations.
Exemplary forest management revisited
11/2025
This study revisits 25 forest management cases originally highlighted in FAO’s “In Search of Excellence” initiative to assess their long-term sustainability and derive lessons for future forest governance.
Regional assessment of above-ground biomass using field, airborne light detection and ranging and satellite data integration
10/2025
Tropical forests are key to the global carbon balance but face serious threats from deforestation and degradation. Accurate estimates of above-ground biomass density are crucial for forest monitoring, climate reporting and initiatives like REDD+.
What are countries doing for their forest biodiversity?
10/2025
Countries are focusing on improving sustainable forest management as the most effective strategy for protecting biodiversity in the face of multiple threats, according to a study published by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
10/2025
FAO completed its first assessment of the world’s forest resources in 1948. Since then, the Global Forest Resources Assessment has evolved into a comprehensive evaluation of forest resources and their condition, management and uses, covering all the thematic elements of sustainable forest management. This, the latest of these assessments, examines the status of, and trends in, forest resources over the period 1990–2025, drawing on the efforts of hundreds of experts worldwide.
