Forestry

Publications

New releases
Occupational safety and health in forest harvesting and silviculture
04/2020

This compendium for practitioners sets out a series of steps to reduce forestry accidents, which include identifying hazards, carrying out safety inspections, ensuring safe work procedures, and providing education and first-aid training.

Rapid Assessment of Natural Resource Degradation in Refugee Impacted Areas in Northern Uganda
02/2020

This report assesses refugee settlement areas in northern Uganda and proposes a series of interventions targeting both refugees and host communities.

02/2020

This brief explains how social protection measures could shield the rural poor from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while providing a series of social protection measures countries adopted around the world as a response to COVID-19.

Assessment of Forest Resource Degradation and Intervention Options in Refugee-Hosting Areas of Western and Southwestern Uganda
02/2020

This report assesses refugee settlement areas in the west and south-west of Uganda and proposes a series of recommendations targeting both refugees and host communities.

Strengthening National Forest Policy in Timor-Leste
01/2020

The first ever National Forest Policy was formulated with technical assistance from FAO, and enacted in 2007. In order to promote sustainable forest management for the benefit of local people, the Government of Timor-Leste requested that FAO assist in reviewing the NFP, and in formulating the Forest Law as a legal instrument for NFP implementation.