Forestry

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Sustainable wood: Housing a growing population
27/10/2022

A growing population means more buildings to fit everyone. By 2030, we will have to house an additional 3 billion people. Using wood from sustainably...

Science and innovation for connecting forests and people
20/10/2022

The event showcases the innovative work of FAO and its partners to understand the interlinked challenges facing forests and forest-proximate peoples...

Sustainable Wood: Building the future
13/10/2022

Wood can be a material of the future, helping to build a bio-economy for the planet's health and economic recovery. Durable “cross-laminated timber”...

ACSFI Chairperson Ross Hampton reflects on COFO26 and the key achievements of 2021-2022
10/10/2022

Ross Hampton, Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) Chairperson, reflects on the key outcomes of COFO26 and reports on the...

Short version: State of the World's Forests 2022
07/07/2022

FAO’s latest State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) report identifies three pathways that can conserve forests while supporting environmental and economic...

SEPAL: A powerful, open-source platform for forest and land monitoring
20/06/2022

SEPAL is a freely available, open-source, powerful computing platform that helps users make efficient and effective use of satellite data for autonomous...

State of the World's Forests 2022: Green Recovery, Building Inclusive & Sustainable Green Economies
29/04/2022

Forests stand as a vital defense against climate change and biodiversity loss, while also providing livelihoods for millions of people across the world....

Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/04/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...

Is your toothbrush made of plastic or wood?
21/03/2022

Replacing more of the plastic things we use every day with wood-based products from sustainably managed forests can help combat climate change and achieve...

International Day of Forests 2022: Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/03/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...

Introduction to the Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Platform
09/03/2022

The Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM) platform has been developed for tracking progress of efforts to restore degraded ecosystems,...