People and forests
News
Social forestry creates lush landscapes in place of barren land in Indonesia
28/08/2023
Forest work must be made safer and healthier, says new FAO-ILO-UNECE report
04/07/2023
FAO initiative validates new advocacy strategy to boost women’s capacities to scale up gender-responsive policy making
25/05/2023
Publications
Carbon rights in the context of jurisdictional REDD+: Tenure links and country-based legal solutions
2022
More clarity on who ‘owns’ emissions reductions is still needed to access different sources of forest carbon finance and protect the rights of vulnerable groups, according to a new information brief released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Policy brief: Grazing with trees- A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands with trees
2022
This policy brief gives an overview of the positive role that optimized extensive grazing livestock farming can play in the management and restoration of drylands’ forests and lands. Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles.
What have we learned from trees? Three decades of farmer field schools on agroforestry and forestry
2022
Over the last three decades, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have proven to be an effective discovery-learning-capacity building approach to help rural populations to innovate with more clarity and purpose while building the social skills needed for rural transformation and empowerment.