Forestry

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Sustainable wood: Housing a growing population
27/10/2022

A growing population means more buildings to fit everyone. By 2030, we will have to house an additional 3 billion people. Using wood from sustainably...

Science and innovation for connecting forests and people
20/10/2022

The event showcases the innovative work of FAO and its partners to understand the interlinked challenges facing forests and forest-proximate peoples...

Sustainable Wood: Building the future
13/10/2022

Wood can be a material of the future, helping to build a bio-economy for the planet's health and economic recovery. Durable “cross-laminated timber”...

ACSFI Chairperson Ross Hampton reflects on COFO26 and the key achievements of 2021-2022
10/10/2022

Ross Hampton, Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) Chairperson, reflects on the key outcomes of COFO26 and reports on the...

Short version: State of the World's Forests 2022
07/07/2022

FAO’s latest State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) report identifies three pathways that can conserve forests while supporting environmental and economic...

SEPAL: A powerful, open-source platform for forest and land monitoring
20/06/2022

SEPAL is a freely available, open-source, powerful computing platform that helps users make efficient and effective use of satellite data for autonomous...

State of the World's Forests 2022: Green Recovery, Building Inclusive & Sustainable Green Economies
29/04/2022

Forests stand as a vital defense against climate change and biodiversity loss, while also providing livelihoods for millions of people across the world....

Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/04/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...

Is your toothbrush made of plastic or wood?
21/03/2022

Replacing more of the plastic things we use every day with wood-based products from sustainably managed forests can help combat climate change and achieve...

International Day of Forests 2022: Forests and sustainable production and consumption
21/03/2022

For millions of people across the world, wood helps provide safe drinking water, food and shelter - but wood can do much more and is a renewable resource...

Introduction to the Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Platform
09/03/2022

The Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM) platform has been developed for tracking progress of efforts to restore degraded ecosystems,...

Nine tips for telling stories through photos and videos
06/02/2022

This video provides nine practical tips to take better photographs and videos.