This publication is part of FAO’s work on forestry with focus on small-scale forest enterprise development and poverty reduction. This work was developed under FAO’s Strategic Programme on Reducing Rural Poverty.

As of 2013, however, the Congo basin had the largest area of certified natural tropical forest in the world, with about 5.3 million ha. This is still a relatively small proportion (ca. 7–13%) of all FMUs in the region. We believe it is time, before certification expands further, to assess...

Webinar FDC are likely to be the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those in the informal sector. Measures undertaken by governments to control the spread (e.g. movement restrictions, school closures, lockdowns) will have severe consequences on economic activity in most sectors, markets and communities. Although most households will face...

The presentation reports the result of a case study of participatory land and forest management project for reducing deforestation (PAREDD) in Lao PDR. It takes into consideration all the aspects from the preparatory phase to the implementation, including policy and socio economic issues. It takes into account also an effective...

The website provides information on forest and forest landscape restoration projects carried out worldwide.

Since 2000, the FD has introduced the Market Analysis & Development (MA&D) methodology in the 3 Regions of the country for use in the management of Community Forests the MA&D was adopted in 22 CFCs as a sustainable forest management and conservation tool. The purpose of this socio-economic evaluation of...

Deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries account for nearly 20% of green house gas emissions worldwide, which is why estimating and reducing these emissions has become a key goal for the international community as the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in June draws closer. One country attempting to do...

The benefits of transboundary conservation are numerous and obvious to those familiar with the negative impacts of fragmentation on ecosystem functionality. However, to successfully facilitate the cooperation required to achieve effective transboundary conservation, the process can be complex, costly and long. The Guidelines contain many transboundary conservation case study examples...

Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi is a video lecture series designed to be a primer on forest management for private landowners. Each of the 13 stand-alone videos address a topic from the Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi book, which can be downloaded at msucares.com. Viewers are encouraged to...

This video shows how to plant pine seeds; this species is more appropriate than spruce on poor soils. Pine may be sown in the spring on poor and coarse-grained soils which have been prepared by breaking the ground. The technique is applied on Finnish stands.