The relationship between protected areas and forest management has been one that has often been fraught with conflict. This paper provides a brief outline of the Canadian situation with respect to protected areas and forest management. It does so by first offering a brief history of the relationship between protected...

It is important to examine more systematically the many ways in which the management of protected areas and adjacent timber-producing forests can be harmonized. Therefore, this project was initiated with the aim of clarifying the nature of the relationships between protected areas and sustainable forest management, and in response to...

Traditional medicine is believed to constitute a crucial healthcare option for poor or remote households in developing countries that have limited access to allopathic medicine and/or a strong cultural attachment to traditional medicine. However, little research has been performed on medicinal plant reliance in developing countries, and the determinants of...

For thousands of years biomass (organic matter) was the primary source of energy. Since the industrial revolution, the combustion of fossil fuels, accounting for 87% of today’s global energy package, has replaced biomass as the primary source. Yet issues surrounding energy and food production and sustainable development engender new perspectives...

In recent years, non-wood forest products (NWFPs) have attracted considerable global interest. This is due to the increasing recognition that NWFPs can provide important community needs for improved rural livelihood; contribute to household food security and nutrition; help to generate additional employment and income; offer opportunities for processing enterprises; contribute...

In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) funded a US$32,000 project to generate a diagnostic and actionable knowledge on the linkages between social protection, natural resource management, women and overall people’s empowerment and poverty alleviation in fisheries and forestry communities in two Caribbean countries. ...

An overview of soil conditions needed for optimum tree root growth.

This guidebook is a summary of current knowledge on climate-change adaptation taken from educational syntheses, specific tools, facilitated dialogues, workshops and case studies. It focuses specifically on topics and approaches that are relevant to and compatible with resource management in national forests and potentially on other United States federal lands....

Instituto Terra implements forest restoration on Fazenda Bulcão, a former cattle ranch, and in surrounding areas of the Rio Doce Watershed in the municipality of Aimorés in Minas Gerais. After creating the “Private Reserve of Natural Heritage –RPPN”, planting of native tree seedlings, assisted natural regeneration, and later enrichment planting...

In one decade, farmers in the Intag Valley in Ecuador went from clearing to conserving and restoring forests. Intag’s dense cloud forests were cleared rapidly in the 1970s and ‘80s for agriculture and ranching. Soon after, landholders experienced severe declines in water quality, seasonal droughts, and declining soil fertility. The...