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Information gathering for forest management planning
2025
This course introduces the concept of forest management planning and traces its evolution and growth, from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. It also describes the requirements for forest management planning and how to create plans for small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs).
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Introduction to forest management planning
2025
This course introduces the concept of forest management planning and traces its evolution and growth, from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. It also describes the requirements for forest management planning and how to create plans for small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs).
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Documenting a forest management plan
2025
This five-lesson course describes the essentials of creating a forest management plan, including management plans for silviculture, business, ecosystem services, biodiversity, emergencies and disasters, and social, cultural and recreational aspects. The course explains what ‘SMART’ objectives are and how to conduct a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis in the context of forest management planning.
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An introduction to Urban and Peri-urban Forestry
2024
This course introduces the concepts of urban and peri-urban forestry. The course considers the important ecosystem services provided by urban forests, which help countries to achieve their Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets, and the challenges that must be navigated during their planning, design and management.
A guide to multiple-use forest management planning for small and medium forest enterprises
2023
This publication discusses the concept, evolution, and requirements of forest management planning, focusing on multiple-use forest management and small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs). Forest management planning is a document that translates forest policies into a coordinated programme for managing forests over a set period of time, integrating environmental, economic,...
Why a national forest inventory?
2023
This course describes the goals and purpose of a national forest inventory (NFI) and explores how NFIs inform policy- and decision-making in the forest sector. It then explores the importance of data in forest-related decision-making and evaluates the contribution of NFIs in national, international and climate change data reporting mechanisms. This...
Quality assurance and quality control in a national forest inventory
2023
This course provides an overview of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) procedures in forest inventory data collection and management. This course is primarily intended for people who are involved in NFIs but can be taken by anyone with an interest in the subject. Specifically, this course targets: Decision-makers planning...
Data management in a national forest inventory
2023
This course provides an overview of information gathering and data management for national forest inventories (NFI). This course is primarily intended for people who are involved in NFIs but can be taken by anyone with an interest in the subject. Specifically, this course targets: Decision-makers planning investments for implementing NFIs; Data...
Introduction to fieldwork
2023
This course lays down the considerations for fieldwork and discusses plot-level variables as well as tree-level measurements. This course is primarily intended for people who are involved in NFIs but can be taken by anyone with an interest in the subject. Specifically, this course targets: Forestry technicians; National forest monitoring teams; Foresters...
Preparing for a national forest inventory
2023
This course describes the planning and preparation phase of a national forest inventory (NFI). This course is primarily intended for people who are involved in NFIs but can be taken by anyone with an interest in the subject. Specifically, this course targets: Forestry technicians; National forest monitoring teams; Foresters and forestry...
Elements in data analysis
2023
This course offers guidance on the typical approaches and calculations used in forest data analyses and related topics. This course is primarily intended for people who are involved in NFIs but can be taken by anyone with an interest in the subject. Specifically, this course targets: Forest technicians responsible for implementing...
Introduction to sampling
2023
This course covers the general aspects of sampling in forest inventories and aims to introduce the basic concepts and characteristics of a sampling study, as well as provide an overview of the most important components of a national forest inventory (NFI). This course is primarily intended for people who are involved...
National forest inventory results: Reporting and dissemination
2023
This course covers national forest inventory (NFI) reporting in detail and establishes the importance of reporting in the context of REDD+ actions. Specifically, this course targets: Forest technicians responsible for implementing their country’s NFIs; Forest data analysis practitioners; National forest monitoring teams; Youth and new generations of foresters Students. In this course...
Resilient rivers: watershed-based management of forests, freshwater, and inland fisheries
2023
Focusing on freshwater systems, this course inspires managers, scientists, and community members to work across disciplines and watersheds. The course coaches learners to understand, monitor, and manage watersheds as integrated systems. Lessons begin with watershed function and then focus on forests, freshwater, and fisheries. In each case emphasizing interlinkages, spatial...
Planning seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration
2023
This course explores how to plan seed and seedling supply for forest and landscape restoration (FLR). This includes the importance of considering seed and seedling origin and genetic quality, the reproductive and supply chain bottlenecks that reduce genetic diversity or adaptive capacity, and approaches, tools and institutional frameworks that can...
Monitoring of gender and social inclusion in forest and landscape restoration
2023
Integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in forest and landscape restoration projects and programmes helps to ensure access to a diversity of knowledge; promotes the efficiency and effectiveness of these efforts; and incentivizes both women and men to contribute to restoration. This brochure is a tool to guide monitoring the GESI strategy in forest and landscape restoration projects and programmes, relevant for both national and subnational efforts.
Institutionalization of forest data
2023
This course is designed for individuals who have an interest in establishing and developing a national forest monitoring system (NFMS), and to learn about the institutionalization process. The course targets legal experts, ministries, government officers, academia and private sector among others involved in the design and establishment of an NFMS. This...
Sharing the experience on “Forest and land monitoring for climate action – SEPAL” facilitated course
2023
The overall objective of this course is to support knowledge and skills development to operationally apply high-resolution satellite imagery to critical forest and land monitoring in tropical forest countries. More specifically, the course focuses on how the System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL)...
Sharing the "Forests and Transparency under the Paris Agreement" MOOC multilingual experience
2023
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was based on the FAO e-learning course “Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement” available on the FAO e-learning Academy. In this course participants learnt about the importance of forest-related data collection, analysis and dissemination in meeting the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requirements of the...
Social protection for forest-dependent communities: building on response to the COVID-19 pandemic for more resilient forest livelihoods
2023
This webinar was organized on 22 July 2020, under the auspices of the FAO Forest Technical Network (FTN), during a Webinar Series on COVID-19 and the Forest Sector. FDC are likely to be hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those in the informal sector. Measures undertaken by governments to...