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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
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The State of the World's Forests
International forestry journal
Restoring the Mediterranean region – status and challenges
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A review of existing approaches and methods to assess climate change vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent people
02/2018
This document provides an overview of vulnerability assessment methods and considers how they can be adapted to evaluate the vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent communities to climate and climate change.
Rethinking forest concessions
02/2018
This report forms part of a review aimed at providing advice on improving forest concession systems in tropical forests. The review was carried out by FAO in cooperation with the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Brazilian Forest Service, the Center for International Forestry Research and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement.
Zero-deforestation commitments: A new avenue towards enhanced forest governance?
02/2018
The zero-deforestation movement has gained considerable momentum as governments and companies enter into commitments to curb deforestation. These pledges have created opportunities for improved forest governance by envisaging the private sector at the centre of the movement.
Accident reporting and analysis in forestry
02/2018
Guidance on increasing the safety of forest work
Managing heat in agricultural work
02/2018
This report reviews the implications of heat stress in working environments in agriculture (with a focus on farming and forestry), how it affects the human body, the risks it poses to human health, how it is measured, how it affects labour productivity, and how it can be managed.
