FAO carried out a review of forest insect pests and diseases in both naturally regenerating forests and planted forests in 25 countries representing Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Near East. The reports are available for downloading. The data reported in the country pest...

The importance and significance of woodfuel production and consumption all over the world particularly among developing countries is huge. The need for a policy framework that will provide sustainability in production and management can no longer be delayed. But are countries ready to establish one? Are data and information available?...

The project Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts (GCP/INT/679/CE) was carried out in the context of the European Commission (EC) - FAO Partnership Programme in order to promote the sustainable use of trees and forests in African and Caribbean...

The decentralization of forest resource management authority to local governments has resulted in a situation in which district governments are neither accountable upward to the central government nor downward to the local people. The decentralization of authority without appropriate devolution processes or control mechanisms has resulted in the decentralization of opportunistic...

This case study shows how the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is contributing to positive change by supporting women forest and farm producers in Ghana by delivering basic services, including social protection.

Spot mounding with phosphogypsum application is one of the site preparation treatments on the long-term experiment at the Harkerville site in South Africa. A description of the soil profile on this treatment is provided.

Pitting is one of the site preparation methods used on the long-term experiment at the Harkerville site in South Africa. Since pitting involved minimal soil manipulation and it had no fertilizer application, it is considered to be the control treatment in the Harkerville experiment. A description of the soil profile...

Raised bed with phosphogypsum application is one of the site preparation treatments on the long-term experiment at the Harkerville site in South Africa. A description of the soil profile on this treatment is provided.

Description of a typical forest soil in the Southern Cape forest region of South Africa. The description includes detailed description of all soil horizons and parent material, emphasizing their key properties and their impacts on tree growth.

A key activity in Phase 1 of REDD+—the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) forestry mitigation mechanism—is the development of policies and measures (PAMs) to define where and how emissions reductions and carbon stock enhancements and conservation will be achieved. This paper provides contextual data and information for the...