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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SWM Programme Legal Hub
08/09/2026
The Legal Hub is a user‑friendly and innovative platform developed by the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme to facilitate access to, and understanding of, national legal frameworks on wildlife management and related agrifood systems. It provides government‑validated legal analyses developed using a diagnostic methodology grounded in long‑standing, multisectoral experience in legal development, thereby supporting informed, coherent and evidence‑based law reforms.
When women transform forestry: The 4WINS approach towards equitable entrepreneurship and leadership across the forest sector
30/06/2026
This paper presents FAO’s 4 WINS approach as a strategic model to advance women’s entrepreneurship and leadership across forest value chains through four mutually reinforcing pathways: wider access to markets, finance and decision-making; innovation driven by diverse knowledge systems and inclusive leadership; equitable conservation and restoration of natural resources; and sustainable practices that strengthen forest resilience and forest-dependent livelihoods.
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.