This manual is part of a training package resulted from the project “Ensuring farmers’ livelihoods and food security around Kakum Conservation Area” executed in the north of the Kakum Conservation Area in Ghana’s Central Region and funded by FAO and Conservation International (CI). The “Farmers Manual” intents to explain successful...

This manual is part of a training package resulted from the project “Ensuring farmers’ livelihoods and food security around Kakum Conservation Area” executed in the north of the Kakum Conservation Area in Ghana’s Central Region and funded by FAO and Conservation International (CI). This technical manual aimed to inform to...

Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is the ongoing process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing human well-being across deforested or degraded forest landscapes. FLR is more than just planting trees – it is restoring a whole landscape to meet present and future needs and to offer multiple benefits and land uses...

INFOM (International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine) has been a strong supporter of the progress and development of research involving nature and forest medicine, a field which has advanced in recent years with the development of medical equipment related to natural and life sciences. INFOM works for the advancement...

These guidelines provide a basis on which policy-makers and managers at various levels can develop programs and projects to address specific national, socioeconomic and natural problems related to fire in natural and planted tropical forests.

These guidelines provide a powerful introduction to the issues confronting the policy-makers, forest practitioners, extension workers and others who want to restore and manage degraded or secondary forests. They stress that the policy, legal and social conditions in and outside the forest must be analyzed and addressed before restoration, management...

This is a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cutting-edge thinking from the diverse branches of practice and learning relevant to...

This manual provides guidance for implementing the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas. It describes the procedures that all participants in the IUCN Green List should follow; ensuring processes are transparent, objective, impartial and inclusive. Specifically, it describes how the IUCN Green List Standard is developed; how the...

IUCN together with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) publishes a variety of resources on protected areas. In this tool, you can find publications such as IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidelines for Protected Area Managers, IUCN WCPA Technical Reports, PARKS Journal, Natural Solutions Briefings and the “Protecting the Planet”...

Illegal logging and its impacts, assuring legality and involving stakeholders through VPAs, and changing markets are the main topics of four FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement Training Films, published by EFI's EU FLEGT Facility and produced by Handcrafted Films. The films are available in English, French and Spanish.