Publications
Flagship publication
The State of the World's Forests
Forestry Working Papers
Integrated fire management voluntary guidelines
International forestry journal
Restoring the Mediterranean region – status and challenges
FAO Yearbook of Forest Products
Sustainability by numbers: Forest products at FAO
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New releases
Unasylva 251: Forests: nature-based solutions for water
12/2019
Forested watersheds provide an estimated 75 percent of the world’s accessible freshwater resources, on which more than half the Earth’s people depend for domestic, agricultural, industrial and environmental purposes. Forests therefore, are vital natural infrastructure, and their management can provide “nature-based solutions” for a range of water-related societal challenges.
Expanding social protection in rural areas, focusing on fisheries and forestry
12/2019
This special issue of Policy in Focus opens with an article on universal social protection in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exploring the expansion of social protection and related challenges over the last decades.
FAO Forestry Paper 184: Trees, forests and land use in drylands: the first global assessment
12/2019
Drylands cover 41 percent of the Earth's land surface. This publication presents the results of the first global assessment of trees, forests and land use in these lands.
FAO Forestry Paper 183: FAO framework methodology for climate change vulnerability assessments of forests and forest dependent people
11/2019
This publication provides practitioners with step-by-step guidance for conducting vulnerability assessments using the most appropriate tools. The guide will be useful for anyone conducting vulnerability assessments involving trees or forests, including forest owners, managers and administrators in the private and public sectors and in community forestry organizations, and land-use planners.
Deploying a humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach: Exploring, strengthening and reviving dryland ecosystems
09/2019
The working paper unpacks how combined climate shocks, environmental degradation, and conflict exacerbates people’s vulnerability and reflects how responses should adapt to tackle these compounding challenges and bolster resilience.
