Forestry

Publications

New releases
Working Paper 8 Agroforestry and tenure
08/2019

This paper reviews the main tenure-related challenges that can affect agroforestry adoption. Drawing on practical cases, the document presents measures and approaches which could potentially fuel the adoption of agroforestry, concluding with specific recommendations for formulation and implementation of tenure policies promoting agroforestry.

Honduras brief
08/2019

This policy brief highlights the findings from a forest tenure and community-based forestry assessment in Honduras. The brief promotes dialogue on current challenges and opportunities for strengthening community-based forestry in country.

FAO Forestry Paper 179 National socioeconomic surveys in forestry
04/2019

Insect pests damage millions of hectares of forest worldwide each year. Moreover, the extent of such damage is increasing as international trade grows, facilitating the spread of insect pests, and as the impacts of climate change become more evident.

01/2019

Planted forests must help foster biodiversity, improve rural livelihoods, and support climate change mitigation if we are to achieve the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and of the United Nations (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

FAO's work with indigenous peoples in forestry
01/2019

FAO’s Forestry Department works with indigenous peoples to address the unique challenges they face, while assisting governments to develop appropriate forestry policies that take indigenous peoples’ land and resource rights, and views into account.