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Flagship publication
The State of the World's Forests
International forestry journal
Towards more resilient and diverse planted forests
FAO Yearbook of Forest Products
Sustainability by numbers: Forest products at FAO
Global Forest Resources Assessment
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
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About the Sustainable Wildlife Management programme
06/2023
The SWM Programme is the first international initiative to tackle the wild meat challenge by addressing both wildlife conservation and food security. It is an initiative from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, funded by the European Union with co-funding from the French Facility for Global Environment and the French Development Agency.
Building institutional and local community capacity to manage human-wildlife conflict
05/2023
Working to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in Mozambique; a case study from FAO and the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group.
Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme Newsletter, Issue 10
05/2023
The SWM Programme mobilizes an international group of partner organizations with strong expertise and experience in wildlife conservation, food security and policy development. It is implemented through a consortium partnership, which includes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD).
Sustainable Wildlife Management Community Conservancy Project newsletter, Issue 2
05/2023
Under the SWM Programme, this project, funded by Agence Française de Développement and co-funded by the European Union, is working together with communities across the Kavango-Zambezi (KaZa) region in North-East Namibia and Northern Botswana, promoting the Community Conservancy model to achieve coexistence between people, livestock and wildlife in this biodiversity-rich landscape.
Estimating emissions and removals from forest degradation
05/2023
Forest degradation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but it is difficult to measure and countries need technical support to report these emissions. This overview aims to guide countries seeking to report this type of emission internationally by identifying the challenges and summarising the different approaches countries are using and the lessons learnt.
