Cases
A case provides information on a particular instance of SFM application. This section includes all the cases available in the SFM Toolbox, they can be in form of publications, videos, audios, websites, etc.
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New Generation Plantation platform
20 February 2014
20 February 2014
WWF set up NGP in 2007. The NGP platform is a place to learn about better plantation management through real world experiences, and influence others to follow good examples. NGP brings together leading plantation companies and some government agencies that manage and regulate plantations. The NGP platform seeks to advance...
The NZ Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry (E-CoP) is intended to replace the New Zealand Forestry Code of Practice (the LIRO Code) that was first published in 1990 and revised in 1993. The new code up-dates the information contained in the original LIRO Code; however, the focus has...
Non-timber forest products and rural poverty alleviation in Zambia
07 September 2015
07 September 2015
Despite the widespread trade in NTFPs by rural households in Zambia, the contribution of forest products to rural livelihoods is not well understood. NTFPs receive little attention from researchers and development practitioners because of the small scale and dispersed nature of extractive activities. Information on the contribution of NTFPs to...
In recent years, the government of Lao PDR has adopted a number of initiatives aimed at developing forestry and NWFPs. Other positive signs include such innovations as self-help groups and participatory enterprises at the local level, which show much promise of success. Innovative institutional arrangements have been sponsored and promoted...
Non-wood forest products from conifers
16 April 2014
16 April 2014
Conifers dominate large areas of the world’s forests. They are especially abundant in the boreal and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and are also important components of many tropical and sub-tropical forest ecosystems. Conifers are capable of growing under a wide range of conditions. And, most important, many conifers...
The objective of this paper is to provide a global review of the non-wood forest products provided by trees found in temperate broadleaf forests. Included in this paper is the range of non-wood forest products that this group of tree species provides and the places are indicated where these products...
This FAO publication analyses the opportunities and challenges of promoting agroforestry for climate-change mitigation in Africa. The case study in the United Republic of Tanzania shows that trees can provide local farmers with woodfuel and fruits and other foods. The publication also discusses the challenge of planting trees and promoting...
Organic yerba mate: an environmentally, socially and financially suitable agroforestry system
06 August 2015
06 August 2015
This article shows how small to medium-sized farmers grow yerba mate, a native tree from South America, in an agroforestry system in combination with timber trees. The farmers get a price surplus when the yerba mate leaves can be sold as organic products. The agroforestry system favours organic farming of...
At the end of 2012, the global forest area certified to PEFC standard has risen to 237 million hectares and the number of companies benefitting from its Chain of Custody certification has reached over 14,000. PEFC intends to continue driving those numbers up. During 2012, it has been strengthening the...
Participatory agriculture and forest land use planning at village and village cluster level - Manual
13 May 2014
13 May 2014
To document improved approaches and procedures that can be used for future participatory forest and agricultural land use planning (PLUP) at village and village cluster levels, and in a range of different situations in the Lao PDR. Objectives of the manual are to: explain the participatory approaches that should be...