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 guide is designed to help communities and policy-makers at local and national levels make informed choices regarding land use, business ventures, and public policy in pastoral areas, particularly the Maasai Steppe and other semi-arid parts of East Africa. This decision support tool, Sustaining communities, livestock and wildlife stems from...
Smallholder farmers are commonly thought of as farmers who manage two hectares of land or less. By some estimates they represent approximately a quarter of the world’s population, and manage half of the world’s arable land; they generate billions of dollars in forest and timber products. Collectively, smallholders have the...
This assessment explores the many legal and governance approaches and enabling conditions relating to mangroves in an attempt to understand what works and under what conditions, and to provide recommendations on how to improve governance for mangrove protection and sustainable use. It begins with an assessment of international and national...
Teak is one of the world’s most versatile and valuable plantation species because of its excellent wood properties. The stability of teak wood as well as its strength, pleasing colour, attractive grain pattern and favourable working and finishing properties make it suitable for many uses.
The supply of teak timber from...
This manual is directed at national and regional governmental staff and partners assigned to the design and implementation of the technical components of a national and subnational REDD+ program. The document is also designed to provide technical guidance to potential project developers and implementers of REDD+ interventions. The focus...
The aim of this document is to help countries seeking to develop a REDD+ Forest Reference Emission Level and/or Forest Reference Level (FREL/FRL) under the UNFCCC. The document provides a structural overview of UNFCCC requirements for FREL/FRL construction, summarizing UNFCCC guidance and translating it into elements needed for FREL/FRL construction....
This book supports professional foresters making decisions for harvesting operations in storm damaged areas. It aims to help both public institutes and wood-chain professionals to prepare their future actions and improve cooperation in the event of hurricanes. It is of utmost importance to prepare and to decide, before the storm...
This manual is a reference guide, containing a wealth of practical information when engaging in farm forestry; everything from establishment of a nursery, design and management of plantations, agroforestry systems, natural forest management, to details on pests, diseases, and common trees for planting. It is used in combination with the...
This procedures manual has been prepared as the first in a series of such manuals intended to provide clear, technical guidance on the various stages of implementing a Reduced Impact Logging strategyin the lowland and hill dipterocarp forests of Indonesia.This manual provides implementation detail consistent with existing forest policy and...
This video presents and explains 6 of the best technologies in the world used to: stabilize slopes, prevent/minimize soil erosion, maximize water capture, protect crops, etc. These technologies have a common goal: keeping soil in place and capturing rain water. Moreover they can be implemented by the effort of...










