Noticias

Developed with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the UN-REDD Programme, the certified course helps policymakers and practitioners use FAO’s Solutions-tree: solutions to halting deforestation – through sustainable agrifood systems transformation.

A new FAO technical note highlights how improved reporting of forest-related public expenditure can help countries better understand, track, and communicate their investments in forests.

Lusaka, Zambia, 2 July 2026 – A four-day series of events on Zambia’s forests, community forestry, climate finance and youth leadership concluded today, following discussions that brought together government representatives, community voices, young forest champions...

Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 23 June 2026 – Governments, industry representatives, smallholder organizations, development partners and technical experts from across Asia and the Pacific are gathering this week in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, to strengthen regional collaboration on traceable agricultural value chains that are decoupled from deforestation.

Accra, Ghana — On Tuesday, 26th May, 2026, a high-level stakeholder workshop was convened at the Miklin Hotel, East Legon, to review and validate the final draft of the policy coherence analytical framework under the Forest Policy Coherence and Public Expenditure Analysis (FoRCE) initiative.

As governments face growing economic, social, and environmental demands, finance ministries are increasingly in need of more robust information tools to design public policies aligned with two fundamental financial principles of state management: efficiency and effectiveness in the use of public resources.

Como es sabido, la gobernanza de los mercados de carbono forestal en América Latina se está consolidando rápidamente, impulsada por la urgencia climática y por los ecosistemas forestales estratégicos de la región.

The Addis Action Roadmap for Sustainable Forests and Agriculture (From vision to action: Roadmap for sustainable forests and agriculture in Africa) was adopted earlier this year by representatives of 10 African countries, with its official publication launched last month.

Social forestry (SF) has been expanding in Southeast Asia for over 40 years. Between 2010 and 2024, the area under SF grew from 6.7 to over 15.3 million hectares. This growth has coincided with stronger legal frameworks that secure rights and deliver greater benefits to local tenure holders.

Across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), forests are increasingly recognised not only as vital ecosystems and a source of well-being for local communities but also as a key part of the region’s response to climate change, biodiversity loss, and rural poverty.