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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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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.
Unasylva 240: 300 years of sustainable forestry
07/2013
Three hundred years ago this year, a book was published that, according to some, marked the start of the modern concept of sustainable forest management. This edition of Unasylva explores this claim and reports on efforts worldwide to manage forests sustainably for the long-term benefit of people and the environment.
FAO Forestry Paper 173: Multiple-use forest management in the humid tropics
02/2013
Societal demands on tropical forests at the local, national and global scales are profound and varied: the regulation of the hydrological cycle; the mitigation of global climate change; the provision of timber and non-timber products; food security; recreation; biodiversity conservation; cultural and spiritual values; livelihoods and employment; and many others.
