What is the SFM Toolbox?
The SFM Toolbox collates a large number of tools, case studies and other resources, organised in modules. It has been created to provide forest owners, managers and other stakeholders with easy access to those resources for the implementation of SFM
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Latest tools
Basic integrated fire management tools for early warning and decision-making
30/04/2026
Integrated Fire Management (IFM) is a holistic and advanced approach to managing fire on the landscape. It integrates socio-cultural realities, ecological imperatives, and technological aspects of fire management, while considering a wide range of environmental factors such as fire, weather, and vegetation, as well as human dimensions.
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Documenting a forest management plan
01/09/2025
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.
Latest cases
Protecting people and the environment: Lessons learnt from Brazil’s Bolsa Verde, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and 56 other experiences.
14/07/2023
This working paper: (i) provides an overview of 56 Payments for Environmental Services (PES) experiences in 19 countries from the global south that combine social protection and environmental objectives within one programme (ii) analyses the Brazilian Bolsa Verde programme and four PES schemes from China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and...
Website: Schwarzer H., van Panhuys C., & Diekmann K.
Community Forestry in Nepal: Decentralized Forest Governance
14/07/2023
Nepal’s community forestry has become an example of progressive legislation and policies in the decentralization of forest management. It has attracted inter- national attention because in Nepal, decentralization is linked with emerging issues – sustainable forest management, forest governance, policy advocacy, equity, gender, poverty and the role of civil society...
Website: Dahal, GR. & Chapagain, A.