Forestry

Publications

New releases
Occupational safety and health in forest harvesting and silviculture
04/2020

This compendium for practitioners sets out a series of steps to reduce forestry accidents, which include identifying hazards, carrying out safety inspections, ensuring safe work procedures, and providing education and first-aid training.

02/2020

This brief explains how social protection measures could shield the rural poor from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while providing a series of social protection measures countries adopted around the world as a response to COVID-19.

Rapid Assessment of Natural Resource Degradation in Refugee Impacted Areas in Northern Uganda
02/2020

This report assesses refugee settlement areas in northern Uganda and proposes a series of interventions targeting both refugees and host communities.

Assessment of Forest Resource Degradation and Intervention Options in Refugee-Hosting Areas of Western and Southwestern Uganda
02/2020

This report assesses refugee settlement areas in the west and south-west of Uganda and proposes a series of recommendations targeting both refugees and host communities.

01/2020

This policy brief summarizes the findings from a global survey on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on wood value chains and recovery measures from the forest sector.