Newly released: The Key Findings of FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2020  The area of forest designated primarily for soil and water protection is increasing, presenting higher growing rates during the last 10 years! An estimated 399 million ha of forest is designated primarily for the protection of soil and water, an increase of 119...

Climate change is projected to increases extreme weather events and risks of water-related disasters, such as floods, droughts and storms. Considering that over 50 percent of the world’s population are affected by water scarcity and this number is expected to reach 6.3 billion by 2050, society is expected to face...

FAO released a new issue of Unasylva exploring the role of forests as nature-based solutions for water management. Its key message is that forested watersheds provide an estimated 75 percent of the world's accessible freshwater resources and thus constitute are crucial and cost-effective natural infrastructure for the production of high-quality...

The Forest and Water Programme has developed this module-based facilitation guide to provide appropriate background information, resource materials and a proposed facilitation plan to support the delivery of a participatory learning workshop, or capacity development programme on the forest-water nexus. The facilitation guide aims to (1) develop an understanding of...

During the past couple weeks, plenty of photos, videos and posts about the Amazon forest fires have been circulating in social media: “The largest rainforest in the world is on fire, for the 16th day. And the media is not covering it.” “The Amazon is burning for 3 weeks, and I am...