Halting deforestation, degradation and emissions

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Videos

Explore our videos with interviews, impact stories and explainers that show how countries, communities and partners are working with FAO to halt deforestation, forest degradation and emissions. These videos share lessons learned, innovative approaches and the real impact of local action on forests, climate and sustainable development. Watch to learn, be inspired and share the progress.

09/07/2026

In Côte d’Ivoire, cocoa farmers are restoring degraded land and strengthening resilience to climate change through agroforestry practices. Sylvie Sopie N’Gbesso doubled her cocoa production in just two years, while Nicole Kambou is expanding sustainable cocoa cultivation through a cooperative that provides farmers with access to equipment and labour.

24/04/2026

Rural and Indigenous women who live and produce within Argentina’s native forests generate income through livestock raising, agroecological production, beekeeping, and community-based rural tourism. By organizing collectively, they strengthen their autonomy, promote sustainable practices, conserve the forest, and demonstrate the importance of public policies that incorporate a gender perspective.

16/04/2026

The Native Forest Producers Program promotes work with women's groups to reduce gender gaps, improve environmental conditions, and strengthen the recognition of their role in community life. In this video, we meet “Kume Ziwlliñ Mapu,” a group of women from the province of Neuquén, Argentina, who share their experience working with honey.

18/09/2025

The world’s 3rd largest rainforest – after the Amazon and Congo Basin- is found on the island of New Guinea. It is shared by 2 countries – Papua New Guinea...

17/09/2025

See Uganda's work to protect and manage its forests.

10/09/2025

El proyecto +Bosques, juntos contra el cambio climático, es una de las iniciativas de reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero por deforestación y degradación de tierras (REDD+) más...

01/09/2025

Con el apoyo del Programa ONU-REDD, expertos de Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, México y Perú se reunieron en la ciudad de Florencia, en la Amazonía colombiana, para discutir...

01/09/2025

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security promote secure tenure rights and equitable access to land,...

29/07/2025

The +Forest project, funded by the Green Climate Fund and lead by the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO Chile seeks to tackle climate change by reducing afforestation and degradation of...

29/07/2025

James Kpadehyea, National Forest Inventory Coordinator from the Forestry Development Authority of Liberia, and Anne Branthomme, FAO’s Regional Advisor for Africa on REDD+, share their insights into Liberia’s progress on...

29/07/2025

REDD+ provides an opportunity to promote sustainable management in Mongolia’s forests, covering more than 12 million ha, and holding the potential to contribute to both mitigation and adaptation. As a...

29/07/2025

Ilona Millar is a partner at Gilbert + Tobin. She participated in a UN-REDD webinar on carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Tenure links and country-based legal solutions.  ...

29/07/2025

Mme Hortence NGONO Epouse NGA ONANA discute de l'importance de la foresterie communautaire dans l'octroi de droits légaux et de contrôle sur les ressources aux communautés forestières vulnérables.

29/07/2025

Dr. Markus Pohlman is the Senior Counsel (Climate Finance) at World Bank.

29/07/2025

+Forest is a project funded 100% by the Green Climate Fund through its mecanism of Payments based on results. The initiative is a recognition of Chile’s achievements in reducing CO2...

29/07/2025

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is progressing with the development of its Forest Reference Emission Level which is a benchmark for assessing performance in implementing REDD+ activities. Prof. Jean-Paul...