Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Tools

A tool is a resource that supports and guides the implementation of SFM. This section includes all the tools available in the SFM Toolbox, which can be in form of publications, e-learning videos, software etc.

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This publication explains the rationale for enhancing stakeholder participation in nfp processes, describes skills, and instructs on methods for enhancing stakeholder participation in nfps. Stakeholder Participation is practically demonstrated throughout the nfp phases of analysis; policy formulation and planning; implementation; and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)1. None of these methods and...
National forest programmes (nfps) have become a commonly agreed framework for planning and implementation of forestry activities in pursuit of sustainable forest management at the country level. FAO and the National Forest Programme Facility, are jointly working to build country capacity for implementation of nfps, in accordance with the nfp...
This Agroforestry in Action guide is intended to help design and manage the interactive agroforestry practice of Riparian Forest Buffers. Properly applied on a landscape, the riparian forest buffer can enhance and diversify farm income opportunities, improve the environment and create wildlife habitat. By developing an understanding of the interactions...
Richard Hauer, associate professor of forestry, University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point illiustrates how to establish climatic adaptive trees in urban landscapes at 2014 Urban Tree Conference.
Are you aware that AFOLU contributes to carbon sequestration as co-benefits through productive and sustainable landscape management? At the same time, Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use Change (AFOLU) is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. GHG accounting in the AFOLU sector is an important indicator and...
Climate change is one of the truly global issues of our time, and forests play an important role in it. Changes in the cover, use, and management of forests produce sources and sinks of carbon dioxide which are exchanged with the biosphere. Estimation of the magnitude of these sources and...
This training manual shares hands-on experiences from field programs and presents the essential practical and theoretical steps, methods and tools to estimate the opportunity costs of REDD+ at the national level. REDD stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. REDD+ additionally includes conservation, sustainable management of forests and...
EPPO is an intergovernmental organization responsible for European cooperation in plant protection in the European and Mediterranean region. Under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), EPPO is the regional plant protection organization (RPPO) for Europe. Its objectives are to: develop an international strategy against the introduction and spread of pests...
The aim of this paper is to provide guidance to EUSTAFOR members on how forests can be managed to provide maximum benefits in terms of climate-change mitigation and adaptation. The guidelines, which come within the framework of the Pan European Operational level Guidelines for SFM, form a common framework of...
This Best Practice Guideline is not intended as a "how to" manual but rather to explain the steps in designing and conducting an assessment. It does so through the phases of first, defining assessment objectives, scope and resourcing; second, choosing and developing a methodology, including establishing an assessment team and...