Gestion Durable des Forêts (GDF) Boîte à outils

Management of Planted Forests

The Management of Planted Forests Module provides information on good practices for the establishment and management of planted forests. It can be seen as dealing principally with the silviculture of planted forests beginning where the module on Forest Reproductive Material stops. It is complemented by the modules on Wood Harvesting, Wood Energy, Forest Pests, Agroforestry, and Forest-based Enterprises. This includes guidance from site selection and choice of planting material through planting and tending.

This module was developed with the kind collaboration of the following people and/or institutions:

Initiator(s): Walter Kollert - FAO, Forestry Division

Contributor(s): Cesar Sabogal - FAO, Forestry Division

Reviewer(s): ITTO

This module was revised in 2017 to strengthen gender considerations.

Initiator(s): Gender Team in Forestry

Reviewer(s): Walter Kollert

This module was revised in 2020 to update the content

Initiators(s): Benjamin Caldwell - FAO Forestry Division; Hubertus van Heisenberg - Independent consultant.

Reviewers: New Generation Plantations team, IUFRO Task Force on Sustainable Planted forests for a Greener Future; Sawlog Production Grant Scheme; Jonas Cedergren, Nora Berrahmouni, Patrice Savadogo - FAO; Peter Kanowski.