Publications

Social protection for building the resilience of forest-dependent people: Evidence, linkages, practices and potential applications

02/2017

This study provides a rationale for building linkages between social protection and sustainable forestry in developing countries.

Unasylva 247/248: XIV World Forestry Congress

01/2017

This issue includes a broad selection of the best papers submitted to the XIV World Forestry Congress (Durban, September 2015), as well as an overview of the Congress’s ambitious agenda and outcomes.

Unasylva 246: Forests in the climate change agenda

11/2016

Where do forests and forestry stand today in international climate change negotiations? What exactly does it mean to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)? What are the opportunities and risks for forests in today’s changing climate and is there a clear path forward? The articles in this issue address these and other questions.

FAO Forestry Paper 179: National socioeconomic surveys in forestry

02/2016

Forests and trees contribute in multiple ways to reducing food insecurity, supporting sustainable livelihoods and alleviating poverty. As FAO’s State of the World’s Forests 2014 (SOFO 2014; FAO, 2014a) shows, for about one-third of the world population wood is the primary or only energy source, demonstrating the relevance of “wood security” in food security in many regions.

FAO Forestry Paper 178: Guidelines on urban and peri-urban forestry

01/2016