Forests provide goods and services, employment and income to perhaps 2.5 billion people worldwide. Recognition of the importance of forests for food security and nutrition has significantly increased in recent years. Since the first International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition in 2013, FAO has made efforts to...

Forests and trees play a significant role in supporting livelihood and when sustainably managed are vital safety nets and life-supporting assets and act as buffers that help communities to withstand extreme weather and other shocks.

This sourcebook is structured around a series of 12 modules covering the different aspects of REDD+. It seeks to take stock of the knowledge, approaches, tools and initiatives that have been developed for REDD+ by a range of actors and to facilitate their integration into multi-disciplinary higher education programmes, especially...

The Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance presented in this report is based on a draft framework introduced at the Stockholm meeting and builds on the proposed core parameters for REDD+ governance monitoring. The aim is to facilitate description, diagnosis, monitoring, assessment and reporting on the state of governance...

This report provides an update on forest reference (emission) levels (FREL/FRLs) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) results submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and relevant developments under the Green Climate Fund concerning REDD+ results-based payments. As of early July 2019,...

GFA Consulting Group was the first German company to be accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council in 2000. Today, GFA is one of the leading certification bodies regarding forest management, as well as wood and paper related chains of custody, according to the internationally recognized FSC standards. Moreover, companies are...

Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) is a women-led international membership network of women and men professionals that provides expertise to assist agriculture and natural resource management organizations strengthen women’s leadership and mainstream gender into their internal structures, programs, projects and policies. WOCAN was established...

This Package on training in gender analysis and forestry was prepared with extensive input from trainers and foresters in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. This User's Guide provides an overview of the structure and contents of the Training Package and an indication of the intended audience for...

This video is a training package for forestry planners that draws attention to the different roles, concerns and priorities of women and men, which must be addressed before embarking on any forestry activity.

This fact sheet report a series of key research findings to address policymakers to forests and gender issues.