Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Management of Planted Forests

The Management of Planted Forests Module provides information on good practices for the establishment and management of planted forests. It can be seen as dealing principally with the silviculture of planted forests beginning where the module on Forest Reproductive Material stops. It is complemented by the modules on Wood Harvesting, Wood Energy, Forest Pests, Agroforestry, and Forest-based Enterprises. This includes guidance from site selection and choice of planting material through planting and tending.

Introduction to the Harkerville plateau and Pinus radiata plantation that was lost in the 2017 Knysna fires. This particular site is the location of a long-term experiment, which is the focus of the case study.
Introduction to the long-term forestry experiment at the Harkerville site in the Southern Cape forest region of South Africa which was established in 1989 with a goal to evaluate effects of various physical and chemical site preparation treatments on tree growth.
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...
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.
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.
This project focused on development of a team-based learning (TBL) case study with supporting multimedia material, to enhance teaching and learning experience on the effects of forestry management treatments on soil properties in a Pinus radiata plantation in the Southern Cape forest region of South Africa. Data for this case...
This report presents a cost–benefit analysis of three forestry interventions aimed at producing a sustainable supply of woodfuel and reducing land degradation and deforestation in the vicinity of three refugee camps (Mtendeli, Nduta and Nyarugusu) in the Kigoma region, United Republic of Tanzania. The proposed forestry interventions are: forest rehabilitation;...
This publication outlines the vital factors to be taken into account when designing a traceability system and illustrates the added benefits to governments, the private sector and community forests through five case studies from African countries.
This publication is a summary of the experiences lived during the seven years (2003-2010) of implementation of the Sustainable Natural Resource Management Project (PMRN), managed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and supported by German Technical and Financial Cooperation (GIZ and KfW). The PMRN operated in seven Departments in...
Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi is a video lecture series designed to be a primer on forest management for private landowners. Each of the 13 stand-alone videos address a topic from the Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi book, which can be downloaded at msucares.com. Viewers are encouraged to...
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