Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Tool Details

Protecting our land and forests: the importance of good logging contracts

Author Maravi, E.
Year of publication 2014
This tool includes a set of practical guidelines and recommendations for community leaders, community promoters and technical staff from forest authorities. It aims to help communities in negotiating good logging contracts with middlemen, the logging industry and monitoring their implementation. It will improve those contracts for the benefit of indigenous and local communities, while preventing illegal logging and forest degradation.
Type of Tool
Guidelines, manual, kits for trainers
Scale of Application
Forest Management Unit
Region
Global
Biome
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
Production
Management Responsibility
All