Forestry

Publications

The State of the World's Forests 2022
Flagship publication
The State of the World's Forests
Sustainability by numbers
FAO Yearbook of Forest Products
Sustainability by numbers: Forest products at FAO
Global Forest Resources Assessment
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
New releases
Classification of forest products 2022
02/2022

This statistical classification system for forest products enables the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of high-quality global data on forest products, including production, trade, and production capacity.

West African Land Cover Reference System
02/2022

This publication provides a harmonized land cover reference system in the West Africa region so that specialists and land cover communities can create their own legends and classes while allowing for future integration.

12/2021

This assessment provides reliable and timely data on the status of forest resources in the region and supports countries in their evidence-based decision-making and planning for the development of the forestry sector.

12/2021

The Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme has developed a series of innovative social safeguards to encourage women and men’s active participation in community decisions. This brochure explains the programme’s gender approach in a simple and visual way, highlighting six key steps to follow to ensure gender equality and empowerment of women, with examples from Congo, Gabon, Guyana, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, and Zimbabwe.

12/2021

This report is part of a larger study that seeks to identify the knowledge gaps around gender in the forest sectors of Côte d’Ivoire, Viet Nam and Honduras by assessing the role of women in wood-based value chains and identifying possible interventions or recommendations to reduce gender disparities during VPA negotiations and implementation. This study presents a specific case study on the role of women in the wood supply chain of La Xuyen wood village, Viet Nam.