This second edition of the 30th volume of Nature & Faune journal focusses on Sustainable management of forests and wildlife in Africa: Enhancing value, benefits and services. The choice of theme reflects some key recommendations of the 20th session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 01-05 February 2016 (http://www.fao.org/forestry/afwc/31908/en/). In this edition, articles cover a broad spectrum of events, programmes, and research that have deepened meaningful discourse on Africa's renewable natural resources and expanded the impact and reach of forestry and wildlife around the continent. Whether it is for commercial scale or local/community level management of forests (natural or planted) and wildlife areas, the articles pay attention to plant as well as wild animal products/resources.

This edition contains 23 succinct articles addressing issues, challenges and opportunities in Africa's diverse ecological zones including, for example, the activities and preliminary results of the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative and those in the rich tropical rainforests and swamps. Each article communicates in its own way and with differing emphasis the many facets of management of forests and wildlife in Africa, and how they can enhance the value, benefits and services they provide. And do not miss the lesson in communication, learned from Central Africa on brand identification of projects and programmes shared by the Bushmeat Project.