Publications
Publications
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 climate-resilient dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral production systems
07/2021
With climate change impacts already felt in the world’s drylands, there is an urgent need for action, at various scales and initiated by different stakeholders, to ensure the sustainability of food production and livelihoods in these regions in the coming decades. There is also the need to rapidly establish baselines, assess and start monitoring progress on sustainability, emerging as result of the action taken.
Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for youth across different processes in the forest value chain in Uganda
07/2021
This report addresses the subject of decent rural employment for youth in the forestry sector. It is based on case studies carried out across different processes in the value chain within the sector in Uganda, ranging from seedbed development through to plantation management, saw logging and trading.
Mountain farming systems – Seeds for the future
07/2021
This publication presents a collection of case studies by Mountain Partnership members from around the world, highlighting experiences of agroecological mountain farming systems.
Local financing mechanisms for forest and landscape restoration
06/2021
The new FAO publication “Local financing mechanisms for forest and landscape restoration: A review of local level investment mechanisms” examines the pathways available to financing restoration for a positive local level impact.
Guatemala: Supporting carpenters to purchase and use legal timber
06/2021
Through support from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, the Organization Asociación Balam has connected local carpenters to legal timber producers in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén by building and strengthening cooperatives.
