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After the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio failed to produce an agreement to manage the world’s forests responsibly, a collection of business-es, environmentalists and community leaders came together to create the Forest Stewardship Council. A group of timber users, traders...

As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity2011–2020 comes to a close and countriesprepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversityframework, this edition of The State of theWorld’s Forests (SOFO) takes the opportunity toexamine the contributions of forests, and of...

The Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2020 is theresult of a collective effort by the FAO Forestry Department,FAO member countries, institutional and resource partners,and many individuals.

At the start of 2020, few peoplepredicted that a pandemic would soontransform daily life around the globe.But while COVID-19 has impacted everycountry, it has been experienced bypeople in many different ways.