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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Status of community-based forestry and forest tenure in Honduras
08/2019
This policy brief highlights the findings from a forest tenure and community-based forestry assessment in Honduras. The brief promotes dialogue on current challenges and opportunities for strengthening community-based forestry in country.
FAO Forestry Paper 182: Guide to the classical biological control of insect pests in planted and natural forests
04/2019
Insect pests damage millions of hectares of forest worldwide each year. Moreover, the extent of such damage is increasing as international trade grows, facilitating the spread of insect pests, and as the impacts of climate change become more evident.
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Restoring forest landscapes through assisted natural regeneration (ANR) - A practical manual
01/2019
Native species that are adapted to the prevailing conditions re-establish on their own with some assistance, achieving accelerated growth in accordance with natural succession, leading to the recovery of native ecosystems. This manual describes procedures from almost 20 years of FAO experience with assisted natural regeneration (ANR) in the Philippines and more recently in Indonesia, Cambodia and Lao PDR.
FAO Forestry Paper 181: Climate change for forest policy-makers
06/2018
The critical role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation is now widely recognized. Forests contribute significantly to climate change mitigation through their carbon sink and carbon storage functions.
FAO Forestry Paper 180: Making forest concessions in the tropics work to achieve the 2030 Agenda
05/2018
The decision to develop a set of voluntary guidelines for forest concessions in the tropics, in the context of the 2030 Agenda, stems from the need to advance the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM).
