FAO’s new online portal contributes to sustainable forest-management Wood processing at the Compagnie Forestiere et de Transformation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 15 July 2021, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched a new online portal providing information on forest-related laws around the world in order to help promote legal forest management, timber production and trade, and contribute to efforts to make forest resource use sustainable. The first such portal of its kind, developed with support from the Japanese Government, TimberLex provides information on legislation relating to forest management, timber production and trade from 46 timber consumer, processing and producer countries.