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Forest management
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Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox
The Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox is a comprehensive collection of tools, best practices and case studies to help forest owners and managers; policymakers; students and other stakeholders implement sustainable forest management.
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Land restoration: Our legacy for generations to come
17/06/2024
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Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme partner wins prestigious Whitley Award
15/05/2024
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FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
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Taking stock: what we grow together counts
2021
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.
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Developing bankable business plans
2021
This guide was developed to improve the capacity of small producers, their organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises to access private investment and finance for sustainable forest-based businesses. It offers a framework to think through, organize and develop a convincing investment proposal.
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Building climate-resilient dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral production systems
2021
With climate change impacts already felt in the world’s drylands, there is an urgent need for action, at various scales and initiated by different stakeholders, to ensure the sustainability of food production and livelihoods in these regions in the coming decades. There is also the need to rapidly establish baselines, assess and start monitoring progress on sustainability, emerging as result of the action taken.