International Day of Forests and Trees

This edition of The State of the World’s Forests examines how forest and landscape restoration can be scaled to deliver lasting benefits for people and the planet . Drawing on the latest evidence and experiences from around the world, it explores four key pathways for accelerating restoration: empowering people and strengthening rights ;   implementing restoration at the landscape scale ;  mobilizing finance and business models that work for restoration ; and  creating coherent policies, institutions and legal frameworks . The following complementary information is available:Read the In Brief Press release: FAO report: Restoring forests and landscapes is critical to meeting global food security and development goals Interactive story: The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2026

  Forest and landscape restoration is one of the most powerful responses we have to the overlapping crises of biodiversity loss, land degradation and food insecurity. Read more in The State of the World’s Forests 2026 . Follow the conversation with the hashtags:  #SOFO2026 #GenerationRestoration