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09/2026

Efforts to restore degraded ecosystems in Brazil’s Cerrado, the Sahel and Saudi Arabia have been recognized as World Restoration Flagships under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

08/2026

The 28th Session of the Committee on Forestry and 10th World Forest Week will be held at FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy from 28 September to 2 October in a hybrid format with the theme Forests for food, resilience and prosperity.

07/2026

USD 9.5 million from Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative will support FAO’s SEPAL and AIM4Forests programme to strengthen forest monitoring, climate action and access to climate finance.

06/2026

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests set out its contributions to reversing forest loss and strengthening sustainable forest management at the 21st session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, held in New York in May.

05/2026

About 42 million people are employed in the forest sector worldwide, with women accounting for one-quarter of the workforce, according to new research by FAO, the International Labour Organization and the Thünen Institute of Forestry.