Precision forestry is the application of advanced technologies to forest management. This paper is a brief review of the many ways in which the application of information technology can be used to improve the results of forest management.

Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi is a video lecture series designed to be a primer on forest management for private landowners. Each of the 13 stand-alone videos address a topic from the Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi book, which can be downloaded at msucares.com. Viewers are encouraged to...

This latest research tells us that there are more than 1 billion hectares of lost or degraded forest lands worldwide where restoration opportunities may be found. With this comes substantial potential to not only sequester large volumes of carbon but also to help lift people out of poverty and reduce...

This book is an excellent compendium of case studies and analysis, which will be of interest and use to people who wish to move forest landscape restoration forward, no matter what country they operate in. Practitioners and policy-makers working on forest landscape restoration are learning all the time, through experience, and...

The Seminar on Environmentally Sound Forest Roads and Wood Transport was held in Sinaia, Romania, at the invitation of the Government of Romania. The Seminar was held from 17 to 22 June 1996. One hundred and four participants from the following 22 countries attended: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Finland,...

These proceedings result from a conference, “Ecology, Survey and Management of Forest Insects” held at the Congress Centre, Agricultural Academy in Kraków, Poland, 1-5 September, 2002. This meeting was hosted by the Agricultural Academy in Kraków and the Forest Research Institute, Warsaw and sponsored by IUFRO units 7.03.06 “Integrated management of forest defoliating...

This publication contains 52 research papers about the population ecology and management of forest insect defoliators. These papers were presented at a joint meeting of working parties S7.03.06, "Integrated Management of Forest Defoliating Insects", and S7.03.07, "Population dynamics of forest insects", of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)....

FAO shares knowledge on extending social protection to rural households, including FDP. The aim of the webinar was to share emerging good practices on working with producer organizations to expand social protection to reduce vulnerability, especially considering the deepening economic and food crises that are unfolding because of or compounded...

The objective of the study is to examine the state of forest law enforcement in Malaysia, identifying gaps in the legislative framework and institutional responsibility which could affect efforts to curb and prevent the practices of illegal logging and illegal timber trade. Where relevant, the study will also look into...

This site provides summarized information on the problems of soil erosion and desertification in the Korqin Sandy Lands in China, and describes integrated restoration and reforestation strategies carried out through a Government Cooperation Project between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Belgium, and implemented by FAO from...