Research · July 2024 · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The State of the World's Forests 2024

Selected by José Miguel Medeiros

How new technology, policy and finance can make the forest sector more sustainable, with recent trends in deforestation, wildfire, pests and wood demand, and case studies on fire management and agroforestry.

Cover: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Key figure

About 4 billion cubic meters a year: global wood production, at a record level.

About the publisher

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the UN agency for food, agriculture, fisheries and forests.

Useful for

Landholders and forestry investors looking for proven innovations in fire management, wood products and forest finance.

Credit and license FAO. 2024. The State of the World's Forests 2024. Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1211en. Licence: CC BY 4.0. We host this copy unchanged, under the publisher's open license.

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