A certification system outlines the rules, procedures and management for carrying out certification. It establishes specific requirements for a product, process, system or body, and uses a third-party to ensure that the fulfillment of specified requirements has been demonstrated. A credible certification system relies upon three separate functions: standard setting,...

The purpose of this guide is to outline the concepts associated with forest policy development and the formulation of a formal forest policy statement, based on country experiences in recent decades. While focusing on the development and formulation of national forest policies, the guide can also be applied at subnational...

DOPA is a set of web services and applications that can be used primarily to assess, monitor, report and possibly forecast the state of and the pressure on protected areas at multiple scales. The data, indicators, maps and tools provided by the DOPA are relevant to a number of end-users...

This short animation developed by the FAO Land and Water Division, explains the safe use of treated wastewater in agriculture and the positive implication in terms of saving of water consumption.

This webinar focuses on planning and collecting data for your assessment. The discussion will be organized along 2 main challenges: Planning for Data Collection, helps practitioners refine their plans to produce practical tools for collecting needed information, set concrete measurement aims, identify potential data sources, select data collection methods, develop...

The development of a Code of Conduct for sustainable management of mangrove forest ecosystems is thought necessary to guide States and mangrove managers as to the best measures. This Code is designed to assist as a tool for mangrove management. The Code is global in scope and is directed towards...

The long-term viability of REDD+ depends on altering business-as-usual activity in sectors currently driving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from forests. This synthesis report investigates activities (drivers) that lead to deforestation and forest degradation. It explores the relevance of drivers in REDD+ policy development and implementation, key interventions to address driver...

The Department of Earth Sciences of the Freie University of Berlin created the E-Learning Platform for Integrated Watershed Management, to promote the Integrated Watershed Management approach, through the analysis and description of all its components. Integrated Watershed Management is a holistic and integrated approach for sustainable management of a watershed...

This section of the FLEGT Programme website is specifically dedicated to multimedia and host two videos on FLEGT activities. The first video provides valuable information on the ongoing implementation of the FLEGT Action Plan along the timber supply chain - from harvest in the tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin,...

This EU Platform is the result of a grouping of EU organizations aimed to promote ways to minimize, and if possible find solutions to, conflicts between human interests and presence of large carnivores. As part of this objective the Platform has develop several tools, gathered and analysed cases studies on...