Working towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Forests are critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and are a vital part of our global ecosystem. They not only contribute to greener economic growth, but also provide timber, food, fuel and medicine for more than a third of the world’s population.
FAO’s work in forestry is making important contributions to the global goals of eliminating poverty and hunger and sustainably managing natural resources. It contributes to over eight of the 17 SDGs, in alignment with the Global Forest Goals of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030 and other forest-related global commitments.
FAO Forestry is a custodian of three forest-related SDG indicators: 15.1.1 - Forest area as a proportion of total land area, 15.2.1 - Progress towards sustainable forest management and 15.4.2 – Mountain green cover index.
FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 and the Four Betters principles
FAO’s work is guided by the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031, which seeks to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems.
The four betters and leaving no one behind
The narrative guiding FAO’s Strategic Framework is the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems through the Four Betters, anchored in the SDGs: better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind. Forests and trees have important roles to play in the
transformation of agrifood systems through these Four Betters.
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The Sustainable Development Goals need forests
06/07/2018
Forests are critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and are a vital part of our global ecosystem. They not only contribute to...