A short excerpt showcasing Australia's Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) project from the UNU documentary "Land Use and Adaptation - Traditional Knowledge and Climate Science".

This training course emphasised the need to know more about how to study and manage tree health problems. One of the main challenges of diagnosing problems on trees such as Pterocarpus indicus is making the distinction between the relative importance and influence of biotic and abiotic factors. This suggests a...

The book covers all the stages ‘from seed to sawlog’. It focuses on the establishment and management of the main commercial tree species currently being grown in Uganda and is based on the a unique blend of the senior authors’ experience of forestry in Southern and East Africa combined with...

This case study presents information from research on tree seed sourcing by nurseries, seed supply chains, and the roles of different organizations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and the implications of current practices for genetic diversity. In particular, the study covers the extent of seed tree sampling and germplasm exchange. This allows...

This publication, prepared by the Oregon State University Extension Service, is a guide for protecting, conserving, selecting, maintaining, removing, and replacing trees on development sites in the Pacific Northwest. The guidebook is designed to assist people who work with trees during the development and construction phases of both new and existing...

Trees and forests have an important role to play in both short-term and long-term disaster recovery efforts, as shown in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. This article reports the activities undertaken afterwards and the lessons learned.

Key government priorities for health are outlined with suggestions of how organisations such as the Forestry Commission and other countryside agencies can help people to choose healthier lifestyles. The evidence base is established through a review of past and current research describing the ways in which the natural environment can...

In Senegal, the Acacia project has involved the planting and managing of Acacia forests in arid lands helping combat desertification while providing life-changing benefits to local communities. With two thirds of the African continent now classified as desert or drylands and desertification affecting a quarter of the world's population, the...

This document contains the links to a collection of articles related to alien and invasive species eradication. They represents the preceedings of the "International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives" of 2002. It is the Occasional Paper no. 27 of IUCN Species Survival Commission.

It’s time to see the forest for the trees. Indigenous women play a huge role in forest governance and policymakers should seek their opinions to participate in forest management. USAID empowers these women from Thailand to Cambodia so they can gain the skills necessary to be effective leaders in preserving...