Asia Pacific roadmap for innovative technologies in the forest sector

Roshetko, J.M., Pingault, N., Quang Tan, N., Meybeck, A., Matta, R., Gitz, V. 2022. Innovative technologies in support of sustainable forest management in Asia and the Pacific. Policy Brief. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008499

As highlighted by FAO’s Third Asia-Pacific Forest Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS III), the use of innovative technologies – from digital technologies, biological technologies, processing technologies and new wood-based products, to social innovations and innovative finance mechanisms – have the potential to revolutionize forest management and to make critical contributions to sustainable development along forest value chains.