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News
International Day of Forests 2025: Engaging the next generation in the connection between forests and foods
21/03/2025
FAO, together with the Government of Italy, and a forest expert and a master ice cream maker from Italy, educate young students on the significance of forest foods at the FAO Park.
Opinion editorial: Nature’s groceries – how forests help feed the world better
21/03/2025
Our forests play a vital role in feeding the world. From wild foods to fresh water, from shelter to energy, forests sustain billions of people and biodiversity. 
FAO’s Forest and Farm Facility is helping the Indigenous Peoples’ community of Porvenir to develop a sustainable asaí value chain, boosting production and food and nutrition security whilst conserving forest resources. ©FAO/ Raul Perez Albrecht
The cultivation behind the trendy berry boost
20/03/2025
Transforming the asaí value chain in Bolivia through traditional methods and modern ingenuity.

Publications

Forests for a sustainable future
Forests for a sustainable future: Teacher's book – Module 2 Forests, health and well-being
2024

Designed for primary school children in Grades 3–5 in the United Republic of Tanzania, these education modules use an innovative teaching method, involving games and hands-on activities, in and outside the classroom.

Forests for a sustainable future: education modules for primary schools
Forests for a sustainable future: Pupil's book – Module 1 Forest products, plants and animals
2024

Designed for primary school children in Grades 3–5 in the United Republic of Tanzania, these education modules use an innovative teaching method, involving games and hands-on activities, in and outside the classroom.

Forests for a sustainable future
Forests for a sustainable future: Pupil's book –  Module 3 Forests and the climate
2024

Designed for primary school children in Grades 3–5 in the United Republic of Tanzania, these education modules use an innovative teaching method, involving games and hands-on activities, in and outside the classroom.

Videos

Nepali women’s community group is turning fire prevention into a climate-resilient green enterprise
22/04/2025

Women from the Binayi Triveni Municipality in Nepal’s western region collect forest litter – the bark, leaves and sticks on the forest floor that can...

Schoolchildren learn about forests and food security in Rome’s FAO Park
21/03/2025

More than five billion people use forest and non-timber forest products for food, medicine and livelihoods. Watch the video and see how schoolchildren...

Rodrigo Pacheco's edible forest
21/03/2025

FAO National Goodwill Ambassador for Ecuador and world-famous chef Rodrigo Pacheco takes us on a walk through his own edible forests.

International Day of Forests 2025: Forests and foods
03/03/2025

Nurture the forest to nourish the people.

Goat is Gold; Levia’s story
02/09/2024

The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme is working with traditional chiefs, local communities, government authorities and women like Levia...

Life in a Green City
26/07/2024

The video illustrates how green cities have urban forests, green spaces, renewable energy, cleaner air, climate resilience and happier and healthier...

Forests for a sustainable future: educating children — testing lessons in the Philippines
01/03/2024

Children in primary school today will play a significant role in bringing about the changes needed to ensure a sustainable future for forests.

Grass charcoal production in Ghana
01/08/2023

In Ghana, small producers are revolutionizing the production of charcoal. By using savanna grasses to make charcoal briquettes producers promote renewable...

Forests for a sustainable future: Educating children in Tanzania
01/07/2023

FAO is teaching children in Tanzania about the importance of managing forests sustainably. A three-year-project funded by Germany has developed forest...

Restoring land and livelihoods with beekeeping in Tanzania
20/05/2023

In northern Tanzania, recurring drought in recent years caused by climate change has put pressure on communities who make their livelihoods by keeping...

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Elearning Academy

Operationalising the forestry modules
Operationalising the forestry modules
03/02/2020

This course describes the key aspects relevant for operationalising the forestry modules in collecting data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests...

Collecting household welfare data through forestry modules
Collecting household welfare data through forestry modules
03/02/2020

This course describes the components and questions in the forestry modules that collect data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests to household...

Introduction to national socioeconomic surveys in forestry
Introduction to national socioeconomic surveys in forestry
01/02/2020

This course provides guidance on the use of forestry modules to collect data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests and non-forest environments...