Worker removing recently felled timber, Honduras. ©FAO/Giuseppe Bizzarri

First voluntary guidelines for forest concessions in the tropics launched

Rome/New York
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) launched today the first voluntary guidelines for forest concessions in the tropics to make concessions more transparent, accountable and inclusive - all for the benefit of some of the poorest and most isolated communities in the world. 

Over 70 percent of forests in the tropics used for harvesting timber and other forest products are state-owned or public; most of the public forests are managed through concessions that governments give to private entities or local communities.

Forest concessions have existed in many of the world's poorest nations for decades, but their contributions have not always been positive. While they have generated more jobs and better income for people in remote areas, in many cases, they have also left behind a trail of degraded forests and tenure conflicts [read the full article]

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Making forest concessions in the tropics work to achieve the 2030 Agenda: Voluntary Guidelines.