Publications

FAO Forestry Paper 159: Impact of the global forest industry on atmospheric greenhouse gases

10/2010

FAO Forestry Paper 158: Fighting sand encroachment. Lessons from Mauritania

09/2010

Enhancing stakeholder participation in national forest programmes - A training manual

01/2010

This training manual on enhancing stakeholder participation in national forest programmes (nfp) is one of several modules being developed as part of an initiative called Nfps for all. This initiative is run by the United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization's NFP Facility, and it aims to assist participating countries put the principles of nfps more effectively into practice.

Planted forests - Uses, impacts and sustainability

12/2009

The significance of planted forests and recognition of their contributions to a range of development goals are anticipated to increase in coming decades. Planted forests provide not only wood, fibre and fuel, but also other non-wood forest products. Moreover, they sequester carbon, rehabilitate degraded lands, help in restoring landscapes, protect watersheds and agricultural soils, and provide recreational areas and amenities.

FAO Forestry Paper 157: Human-wildlife conflict in Africa

04/2009