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International Day of Forests
04/2023

FAO’s Forestry Director, Zhimin Wu, discusses the many health benefits of forests that are often overlooked, and explains what we need to do to keep our forests healthy in this op-ed for the International Day of Forests.

InFoflash 81
03/2023

The Green Climate Fund, one of the world’s largest providers of forest finance, has joined the Collaborative Partnership on Forests in a move that will enhance global efforts to end deforestation and ensure the sustainable management of forests and trees.

InFOflash 80
02/2023

Wood residues – the materials left over when trees are logged and processed – hold the potential to support resource-efficient energy access, revitalize rural economies and help mitigate climate change, according to a new FAO report.

INFOFLASH 79
01/2023

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has announced the appointment of Zhimin Wu, formerly Director-General of the Wetland Management Department of China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration, as the new director of FAO’s Forestry Division.

InFOflash 78
12/2022

It is time to invest in forests and trees – and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities who manage them – as a key part of our strategy for adapting to climate change, FAO’s Tiina Vähänen and Amy Duchelle explain.