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
Links between Social Protection and Forestry Policies: Lessons from China
06/2017

This review analyses the main forestry and social protection policies in China’s major forestry programmes.

03/2017

Examples are presented in this edition to show that sustainable wildlife management is also feasible in the modern era. In some cases, a sustainable offtake – by local people, trophy hunters and legitimate wildlife traders – is proving vital to obtain local buy-in to wildlife management and to pay the costs of maintaining habitats.

Impact of the shea nut industry on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
03/2017

This study, developed in collaboration with Bright Futures of Burkina Faso, surveys 183 women and 6 men including 36 leaders of shea groups, to provide quantitative analysis on the economic resilience derived from shea nuts in terms of income, assets and savings.

A mapping of social protection needs and opportunities for forest-dependent communities in Uganda
02/2017

This study investigates poverty and vulnerability of forest-dependent communities. The qualitative approach sought to determine and analyse the diversity of social protection needs and opportunities for forest-dependent communities in five districts and make recommendations as to action to address them.

02/2017

This study provides a rationale for building linkages between social protection and sustainable forestry in developing countries.