Publications
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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New releases
The key role of forest and landscape restoration in climate action
11/2022
This publication highlights the links between Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) and climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, and considers further opportunities to enable greater integration between the two agendas.
The Restoration Initiative: 2021 Year in Review
11/2022
2021 marks the completion of The Restoration Initiative’s (TRI) third full year of implementation. Despite challenges lingering from the COVID-19 global pandemic, 2021 was a year of encouraging progress. As stay-at-home work requirements and other restrictions were lifted, project participants were able to return to the field, using the analyses, policy recommendations and landscape restoration and management plans developed in 2020 to accelerate restoration actions.
Peatlands and climate planning. Part 1: Peatlands and climate commitments
11/2022
Peatland conservation and restoration secure ecosystem services that support adaptive capacity and resilience. This brief is part of the Global Peatlands Initiative’s work to support national governments in enhancing their climate commitments, such as the nationally determined contributions and the long-term strategies through the inclusion of climate action on peatlands.
Carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Tenure links and country-based legal solutions
11/2022
More clarity on who ‘owns’ emissions reductions is still needed to access different sources of forest carbon finance and protect the rights of vulnerable groups, according to a new information brief released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees
11/2022
This FAO technical paper unpacks the concept of forest-based adaptation and describes policy spheres that could bolster the role of forests and trees in providing adaptation and resilience benefits. It introduces a set of ten principles for using forests and trees to promote transformational adaptation, which were developed with leading experts from the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and other partners.
