E-learnings
Introduction to forest and landscape restoration
Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) is a process which brings stakeholders together to create healthy, resilient and productive landscapes and meet national, regional and global commitments. This course has been developed to introduce the key concepts and process of forest and landscape restoration.
45m of learning
Sustainable land management and restoration
Topic outline
This course focuses on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices and their place in the global development agenda to achieve target 15.3 of SDGs of achieving a land degradation-neutral world. The course assists policy makers, practitioners and land users in the selection, planning, implementation and monitoring of SLM interventions.
3 hr 30 m of learning
Monitoring forest and landscape restoration
It is important that FLR interventions have manageable monitoring systems in place, to assess progress towards specific goals, support adaptive management and ensure transparency. This course will equip practitioners with the capacity to design, plan and implement monitoring systems for FLR interventions.
45 m of learning
Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
This course seeks to build the competencies needed for program and project managers, field practitioners and policy makers to apply a transformational sustainability approach to decision-making in the management of dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral production systems.
3 h 40 m of learning
Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15
This course provides a basic understanding of land-cover data and its use for monitoring progress towards the achievement of international agreed goals, such as SDG 15, with a practical focus on its Indicators 15.3.1 (proportion of land that is degraded over total land area) and 15.4.2 (including its subindicators: Mountain Green Cover Index and Proportion of degraded mountain land).
3 h of learning
Collecting household welfare data through forestry modules
This course describes in detail the components and questions in the forestry modules. It also describes key questions for appending onto existing Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) household and community surveys. This series aims to provide guidance on the use of forestry modules to collect data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests and non-forests environments to household welfare and livelihoods.
Forest and Water Nexus – Introduction
This course is intended to provide on overview of forest and water relationships, and an understanding of the impacts of changing landscapes on water resources. It can be used as a stand-alone course for those interested in learning about the forest-water nexus, or as an introduction for those who will engage in workshops using the FAO capacity development facilitation guide on Advancing the Forest and Water Nexus.
2 h of learning