HondurasA farmer riding his donkey and leading another, laden with fuel wood. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security t...

HondurasA landslide has blocked a road. Farmers sawing a fallen tree. - - Rural Development for Food Security in the Sur de Lempira Region: GCP/HON/021/NET. The project aims to improve food security through b...

EgyptGirls working for a date firm: packing dates into boxes. - - Preparation of a National Tree Planting and Development of Peri-Urban Forestry Plan: TCP/EGY/7821(A). The project is executed by the Egypti...

IraqWood storage. - - FAO Activities under Security Council Resolution 986 in Iraq (Oil for Food Programme). In 1995, concerned about the suffering of the civilian population as a result of the continuing...

HondurasRepairing storm damage in Honduras presents an opportunity to adopt measures that will reduce losses in future disasters. - - General: General.

MozambiqueCarrying bundles of fuelwood that will be sold by the roadside to create additional income for the rural forest community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/MOZ/056/NET....

MozambiqueCarrying bundles of fuelwood that will be sold by the roadside to create additional income for the rural forest community. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/MOZ/056/NET....

MozambiqueFree distribution of oranges grown on a communal plot of land with technical support from the Provincial Forests and Wildlife Services. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/...

MozambiqueTaking home fuelwood from the forest. The forest is an important source of timber and fuelwood for 600 families that live in the area. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Management: GCP/M...

MozambiqueYoung boy carrying a basket of fuelwood on his head. The forest is an important source of timber and fuelwood for 600 families that live in the area. - - Support for Community Forestry and Wildlife Ma...

YemenSeedling distribution for the establishment of a new nursery. - - Conservation (Forestry Component): UTF/YEM/023. The project objectives cover a large range of activities: institution strengthening, w...

UgandaTransport of firewood. - - General: General.

SenegalFather and son planting tree seedlings. The blue plastic covers the soil near the roots (plastic bags collected from village waste), helping to retain the moisture. - - Amanagement des fà??s et Gestio...

UgandaMan transporting traditional drums by bicycle. They are made from a wood locally known as Modotani, a wood which is very resonant and therefore ideal for the manufacture of musical instruments. - - Ge...

RwandaChildren carrying firewood on their heads along road in Rwandan countryside. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided R...

GuineaWild fruit from the Anona Senegalensis (Combretones). - - General: General.

HondurasLabourers strip off bark and square felled trees in preparation for their transport to a mill. - - Agro-forestry: HON/86/001. This project encompasses forest management, timber harvesting and educatio...

IndonesiaInside Indonesia's largest and ultra-modern pulp and paper mill in northern Sumatra. - - General: General. The Republic of Indonesia is made up of 13 700 islands housing an estimated population of 185...

IndonesiaA view of the inter-island "timber port" of Jakarta. Indonesia is extremely rich in tropical forests and most of its forestry byproducts pass through the capital's main port. - - General: General. The...

Viet NamWorkers tending a large community mangrove forest south of Ho Chi Minh City. The wood produced in this 25,000 hectare forest is used for making charcoal for the stoves of Ho Chi Minh City. - - General...

NigerThe leaves, fruit and roots of this Acacia albida tree are used for self-fertilization, while the bark is used for making medicinal drugs. It is an ideal tree for agroforestry products. - - Keita Inte...

SamoaA young man eating coconut flesh. - - Agriculture Productivity of Subsistence Farmers, Western Samoa: TCP/SAM/6652. The Government of Western Samoa is adopting a policy to improve technical assistance...

IndiaPreparing a raft of logs for water transport. This traditional, cheap method of transporting logs from log depots to sawmills along the coasts of the Andamane Islands is extensively used in many other...

MexicoA worker inspects a lorry loaded with valuable timber before leaving the logging area at Chetumal in Quintana Roo. Tropical timber production is being increased under FAO's plan to improve management...

PeruLogs recently felled for timber. Hillside has been recently replanted following a forest fire. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. The Andean region consumes 3 million tonnes of wood per year, m...

PeruWorkers in one of the 11 FAO assisted community forest nurseries near Huarez tending Molle, a drought-resistant native tree that grows well in poor soil and arid climates. Molle is one of several nati...

PhilippinesForestry worker uses an improved tool for stripping bark from a log. - - Multiple-Use Forestry and Agro-Forestry Development. Multiple-use forestry means the bringing together of watershed management,...

NepalFarmers planting young pine trees as part of a community forestry development project in the Himalayan foothills. - - General: General. One of the world's most dramatic erosion and deforestation situa...

EcuadorWorker weeding at government tree nursery at Nagsiche in Cotopaxi Province. The nursery supplies tree seedlings (Pinus radiata and cypress) for afforestation cooperatives. - - WFP Assistance to Commu...

EcuadorVillagers of El Chilco de la Merced (3 200 m) in the province of Imbabura, prepare to plant trees on the hillside of the altiplano, part of an afforestation project using Pinus radiata. This work is c...

EcuadorYoung village woman filling bucket with water at new communal tap at Llactahurco in Cotopaxi Province. This facility was built as part of community development through the traditional Indian system of...

ThailandGood maize crop grown in pilot demonstration area of Mai Sa. - - Integrated Watershed Management and Forest Land Use Project. People desperately in need of land for cultivation are rapidly destroying...

GuatemalaHauling logs with a tractor (provided through Swedish aid) at the San Juan Argueta forest cooperative in the department of SololÂ?? - Forestry Cooperatives. FAO through its Technical Cooperation Progr...

ItalyWell-stacked timber at the Eurolegno Timber Yard, Via di Tor Pagnotta, near Rome. - - General: General.

ItalyWell-stacked timber at the Eurolegno Timber Yard, Via di Tor Pagnotta, near Rome. - - General: General.

ParaguayThe IguasË?Falls, at a point on the Parana river where the borders of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet, are the largest in the western hemisphere. They are in a region of tropical rain forests rich...

TurkeyLog store near forest training camp. - - Establishment of a Permanent Labour force for Forestry. Although one quarter of Turkey's rural population lives in or near the forests, few have been permanent...