Key messages
![©FAO/Andrew Taber](/uploads/pics/km1_09.png)
Forests are home to about 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.
![©FAO/Andrew Taber](/typo3temp/pics/e2dbf02f3d.jpg)
Forests and woodlands are made of over 60,000 tree species.
![©FAO/Andrew Taber](/uploads/pics/people_bio_06.png)
More than a billion people depend directly on forests for food, shelter, energy and income.
![©FAO/Luis Tato](/uploads/pics/24969_162_150_05.jpg)
Genetic diversity helps forests to cope with climate change and other threats.
![©FAO/Henri Chazine](/uploads/pics/12254_06.jpg)
Biodiversity is under serious threat from deforestation, forest degradation and climate change.
![©FAO/Salahuddin Ahmad](/typo3temp/pics/abcd54851d.jpg)