Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

Tools

A tool is a resource that supports and guides the implementation of SFM. This section includes all the tools available in the SFM Toolbox, which can be in form of publications, e-learning videos, software etc.

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This webpage contains links to several forestry video related to National Forest Monitoring & Assessment (NFMA) methodologies and to country projects carried on in different countries.
The Forest Nursery Manual—a joint effort between the Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, and the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Division of State and Private Forestry—presents state -of-the-art information about current bareroot-nursery practices and research in the Northwest (northwestern United States and province of British Columbia, Canada). The Manual emphasizes...
Documentary on steep slope reforestation and erosion control works. Filmed in Gibralfaro in the province of Málaga, along with images in Roses (Girona) and Alicante, Cadiz, Cuenca, Huesca, Murcia and Navarra. The video is available only in Spanish with English subtitles.
This manual is an overview of regeneration plans (past trends and basic steps needed to ensure future success) concerning pines species, in 12 states of southern United States.
This document is a draft version of a FAO Forest Restoration Monitoring Tool. This endeavour will aim at compiling and evaluating the lessons learnt and developing operational guidelines for the restoration of degraded areas particularly in dry land forests.
At a time of many pressing and competing demands for financial resources, the forest sector needs an unchallengeable basis for analysis if forestry investment is effectively to compete with other alternatives. When this study was launched the perception was that proper valuation is an important element in making the case...
Following the introduction, Chapter 2 provides an overview of mitigation in the forest sector, addressing the handling of forests under UNFCCC. Chapters 3 to 5 focus on forest-based mitigation options – afforestation, reforestation, REDD+ and forest management – and Chapters 6 and 7 focus on wood-product based options – wood...
This book is a manual created by CAT, Forest PRO Consulting Services to support the forestry workers and users of CAT products in their activities. It is presented as a simple but clear list of rules to follow while approaching different forest operations. The aim is to avoid and reduce...
The Forests Sourcebook is divided into two parts. The first contains an introduction to the book plus seven chapters covering topics associated with enhancing the contribution of forests to poverty reduction, engaging the private sector, meeting the growing demand for forest products, optimizing forest functions at the landscape level, improving...
Forests are nature’s powerhouse and a vital resource for meeting the world’s renewable-energy demand.