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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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The role of natural regeneration in large-scale forest and landscape restoration: challenge and opportunity
01/2015
Natural regeneration consists, in its most basic form, of letting remaining portions of the original ecosystem re-colonize a degraded area. A 5-fold cost reduction can be achieved when compared to Restoration Planting; additionally, species colonize from the surrounding area and are adapted to local conditions and to other species (local genotypes).
FAO Forestry Paper 174: Towards effective national forest funds
01/2015
Towards effective national forest funds addresses the need for more information on the way NFFs work and how best to establish and manage them.
The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources: Synthetic Account
06/2014
Forests and trees enhance and protect landscapes, ecosystems and production systems. They provide goods and services which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity.
The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources
06/2014
The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources addresses the conservation, management and sustainable use of forest tree and other woody plant genetic resources of actual and potential value for human well-being in the broad range of management systems.
Unasylva 241: Forests for food security and nutrition
12/2013
Forests and trees are essential for food security and nutrition as producers of foods and income and providers of ecosystem services. Achieving an optimal mix of trees in landscapes, however, requires much more interaction between forestry and agriculture. Unasylva 241 explores how to best use forests and trees to ensure food security, adequate nutrition and the elimination of poverty and hunger.
