Now available in French- Unasylva 254 "Towards more resilient and diverse planted forests"

At the 27th Session of the “International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment”, FAO released the French version of Unasylva No.254, “Towards more resilient and diverse planted forests”. With a mix of science-based articles and case studies from FAO's field work, Unasylva No.254 presents state-of-the-art models of planted forests that fulfil the essential function of timber production while also contributing to biodiversity conservation, restoration of degraded ecosystems, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and livelihoods. 

Background

FAO’s most recent global synthesis on planted forests was released in 2009, and the previous Unasylva issue on planted forests was published in 2005. Developed together with a coalition of external partners, including the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) task force on planted forests and the TreeDivNet network, Issue 254 hereby responds to the need for wider information-sharing on data, tools and approaches available for leveraging the contributions of planted forests to achieve Global Forest Goal 1 target of increasing the global forest area of 3 percent by 2030. Unasylva issue 254 was launched in English in November 2023 at the International Congress on Planted Forests 2023 (ICPF2023) – the first edition of this global forum held in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya).