Videos

Reviving the Zambezi: Uniting Forests, Water, and Climate

UN REDD and FAO

Water and forests must be managed sustainably to achieve SDGs

Maria Patek, Director General, Forestry and Sustainability, Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria.

Interdependence between forests and water

Lotta Samuelson, Programme Manager, Swedish Water House, Stockholm International Water Institute

International Day of Forests 2016 Forests and water

Forests are vital to our water supply. They influence how and where rain falls, and they filter and clean our water.

Forests and water in dryland regions

Interview: Abdeladim Lhafi, Haut Commissaire aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification du Royaume du Maroc (French)

Ivan Valentik on Russian forest and water resources

Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment and Head of the Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation Ivan Valentik.

Understanding the forest-water nexus necessary to better understand climate and environmental issues

Meine van Noordwijk, Co-Chair of the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

Forests-water cycle

Interview with Thomas Hofer, FAO Senior Forestry Officer.

FAO International Day of Forests 2016: Forests and Water

FAO HQ marks IDF celebrating the theme Forests and Water by launching the new Forest and Water programme

The Role of Forests and Water for Cities

On the occasion of the International Day of Forests and the World Water Day 2018, members of the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Water talk about the role of forests and water for cities.

FAO and the Mau Forest

Kenya's Mau Forest stretches over the hills between the Rift Valley and Lake Victoria, feeding 12 important rivers and five major lakes. But over the past 15 years a quarter of the forest canopy has been lost because of deforestation from illegal and ill-planned settlements, land appropriation and unlicensed logging