Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Public Forestry Institutions

The purpose of this module is to equip forestry directors, facilitators and decision-makers with the basic tools for carrying out assessments of public forestry institutions, supporting the design of change processes, and measuring organizational change. The module provides information, guidance and examples of tools for assessing and strengthening public forestry institutions so they can perform their functions more effectively and efficiently. 

Azevedo, T., Purnama, B., Bosworth, D., Collins, S., Farrell, J., Kanel, K., Konkin, D. & Torres-Rojo, J.M. 2014. Public forest agencies in the twenty-first century: driving change through transparency, tenure reform, citizen involvement and improved governance. Megaflorestais. May 2014. 

Shaheduzzaman, Md. 2012. Situation analysis and capacity needs assessment in the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its agencies. Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and FAO.

Wollenberg, E., Anderson, J. & López, C. 2005. Though all things differ: pluralism as a basis for cooperation in forests. Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research. 112 pp.

Wollenberg, E., Edmunds, D., Buck, L., Fox, J. & Brodt, S. 2001. Social learning in community forests. A joint publication of CIFOR and the East-West Center. Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research. 209 pp.

World Bank. 2008. Forests sourcebook: practical guidance for sustaining forests in development cooperation. Washington, DC. 402 pp.