Forestry and Forest Resource Management

Smart List Community-based Natural Forest Management -by Region — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-04-02 13:27

This is s a specialized section under the "Community-based Natural Resource Management" section of the library.

Tool - WWF Modular Implementation and Verification (MIV) Toolkit — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

This links to the WWF Modular Implementation and Verification (MIV) toolkit which provides a practical tool for achieving a phased or step-wise application of forest management standards and certification. It is now widely recognised that the process of implementing responsible forestry standards and achieving forest certification is very challenging. With the help of the MIV toolkit, certification becomes more accessible to forest managers in many parts of the world. The tool is being used by the WWF Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN)'s Producer Groups. For the full suite of tools go to: {http://www.panda.org/}

TRANSLINKS — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2008-03-13 15:38

Promoting Transformation by Linking Natural Resource Management, Poverty Reduction and Equitable Governance TransLinks is a 5-year Leader with Associates cooperative agreement that has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to further the objective of increasing social, economic and environmental benefits through sustainable natural resource management. This new partnership of the Wildlife Conservation Society (lead organization), the Earth Institute of Columbia University, Enterprise Works/VITA, Forest Trends, the Land Tenure Center of the University of Wisconsin and USAID is designed to support income growth of the rural poor through conservation and sustainable use of the natural resource base upon which their livelihoods depend.

Translinks — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2008-04-29 19:52

Promoting Transformation by Linking Natural Resource Management, Poverty Reduction and Equitable Governance TransLinks is a 5-year Leader with Associates cooperative agreement that has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to further the objective of increasing social, economic and environmental benefits through sustainable natural resource management. This new partnership of the Wildlife Conservation Society (lead organization), the Earth Institute of Columbia University, Enterprise Works/VITA, Forest Trends, the Land Tenure Center of the University of Wisconsin and USAID is designed to support income growth of the rural poor through conservation and sustainable use of the natural resource base upon which their livelihoods depend.

SCALE - System-wide Collaborative Action for Livelihoods and the Environment — by webadmin — last modified 2008-02-29 14:30

SCALE—System-wide Collaborative Action for Livelihoods and the Environment—is an approach for broadening development impact. By providing a framework to achieve widespread change, SCALE can help improve people’s livelihoods and quality of life by helping them manage their natural resources in a sustainable way. SCALE has evolved from more than a decade of work by GreenCOM, a U.S. Agency for International Development global environmental communication program. GreenCOM has had the unique opportunity of working with people in more than thirty countries around the world to address an extensive range of issues including: - Natural resource management (coastal, forest, watershed); - Biodiversity conservation; - Ecotourism; - Sustainable agriculture; - Water and energy efficiency; - Clean production; and- Solid waste management.

Hidden Harvest: Wild Foods and Agricultural Systems. A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography, The — by Sarah Schmidt — last modified 2008-09-05 12:13

Authors: Ian Scoones, Mary Melnyk, Jules N Pretty Published: 1992 - IIED Topic: Agriculture Details: 260 pages (Book/Report) ISBN: 0-905347-93-5 Language: English Series: Hidden Harvest HH This literature review and annotated bibliography of close to 1,000 references is organised into eleven thematic sections, each containing review essays and annotated references. Extensive referencing refers to numbered entries in the bibliography, and there are three different indices. The themes cover 1. Wild foods in agricultural systems; 2. Swidden agriculture and foraging in tropical forest systems; 3. The hidden harvest in pastoral production systems; 4. Wildlife utilisation; 5. Wild foods and food security; 6. The nutritional value of wild foods; 7. Tenure and local institutions for wild food resource management; 8. Socially differentiated use of wild foods; 9. The economic value of wild foods; 10. Biodiversity and the future of agriculture; 11. Non-timber forest products.

Tool - WWF Pyramid - Diagnostic and Planning Tool — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

In an effort to identify and prioritize interventions that would advance sound forest management, the World Bank/WWF Alliance has developed "The Pyramid - A diagnostic and planning tool for good forest governance." It is hoped that this tool will stimulate participatory assessment and target-setting at the country level. The concept behind the pyramid diagnostic and planning tool is that some elements of good forest governance are common to a wide range of nations. By grouping these elements in several tiers of complexity, the pyramid can serve as a country level planning tool in forest management. In a multi-stakeholder process, the tool can be used to assess the status of forest governance using a scoring system to identify what is working, what is missing, and what needs to be done for different elements of forest governance. This links to the site to download the kit {http://www.iied.org/docs/flu/PT6_pyramid.pdf}. Also see the World Bank's website Community and Good Governance site at {http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/}

Tool - WWF Tools for Forest Managers and Wood Sourcing in Asia Pacific — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

This WWF site provides tools for forest managers who seeks certification, as well as those who wish improve their forest management. See the "related documents and links" in the box for reports and tools related to the following topics. (1) Stepwise Approach to Certification: A stepwise approach helps forest managers achieve certification through a series of manageable phases, one step at a time. This approach will facilitate assessement of progress towards certification, and at the same time provides a way to differentiate products from forests in transition towards certification to those from poorly or illegally managed forests. See the ITTO report on stepwise approaches and the MIV Toolkit from the box. (2) Reduced-Impact Logging Tool: This tool is a financial modelling software designed for forest managers. It can rapidly compare financial costs and returns expected from reduced-impact logging with those expected from conventional logging, under identical local site conditions. Click on the RILSIM website in the box to download the software free of charge. (3) Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification: CoC certification is a process of tracking wood products from the forest of origin to the point of sale. This will ensure that wood products do come from certified forest. A CoC certification should provide data on species, volumes, and quality, and the system should extend all the way back to the forest ofrigin. Managers of forests and manufacturing facilities can benefit from CoC details for quality management, safety and financial control. See guidance to CoC certification.

Tool - WWF Tools for Forest Managers and Wood Sourcing in Asia Pacific — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-22 19:48

This WWF site provides tools for forest managers who seeks certification, as well as those who wish improve their forest management. See the "related documents and links" in the box for reports and tools related to the following topics. (1) Stepwise Approach to Certification: A stepwise approach helps forest managers achieve certification through a series of manageable phases, one step at a time. This approach will facilitate assessement of progress towards certification, and at the same time provides a way to differentiate products from forests in transition towards certification to those from poorly or illegally managed forests. See the ITTO report on stepwise approaches and the MIV Toolkit from the box. (2) Reduced-Impact Logging Tool: This tool is a financial modelling software designed for forest managers. It can rapidly compare financial costs and returns expected from reduced-impact logging with those expected from conventional logging, under identical local site conditions. Click on the RILSIM website in the box to download the software free of charge. (3) Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification: CoC certification is a process of tracking wood products from the forest of origin to the point of sale. This will ensure that wood products do come from certified forest. A CoC certification should provide data on species, volumes, and quality, and the system should extend all the way back to the forest ofrigin. Managers of forests and manufacturing facilities can benefit from CoC details for quality management, safety and financial control. See guidance to CoC certification.

Tool - ITTO Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

Link to the revised ITTO criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of tropical forests including reporting format. ITTO’s criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of natural tropical forest are tools for monitoring, assessment and reporting on forest management in tropical member countries. This 2005 document includes a simplified set of indicators and a shortened format for reporting. Link to the English file although [pdf files availible in |en|fr|sp - see http://www.itto.or.jp for other links.

IUCN Forest Conservation Program: Livelihoods and Landscapes index — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:33

This program provides access to Forest Issues [Global Issues; Sources of Land Use Change; Forest Environmental Services; Forest Management and Governance]; Experiences and Lessons [Forest Landscape Restoration; Poverty and Conservation; Forest Fires; Protected Areas; Climate Change; Temperate and Boreal Forests; Forest Governance; International Forest Policy]; and Publications.

Forest Trends — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-06-03 15:34

Forest Trends is an international non-profit organization that works to expand the value of forests to society; to promote sustainable forest management and conservation by creating and capturing market values for ecosystem services; to support innovative projects and companies that are developing these new markets; and to enhance the livelihoods of local communities living in and around those forests. We analyze strategic market and policy issues, catalyze connections between forward-looking producers, communities and investors, and develop new financial tools to help markets work for conservation and people.

World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:49

webpage provides partnership information organized by topic [Protected Areas; Sustainable Forest Management; Learning and Capacity Building] and Publications. {http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/80ByDocName/WBWWFForestAlliance}

Tool - WWF Pathfinder — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) link to Pathfinder, a series of instruments to support and empower multi-stakeholder working groups in developing forest certification standards. It describes the institutional requirements for forest certification, how certification and chain of custody work, and how to formulate sustainable forest management standards. For the full suite of tools go to: {http://www.panda.org/}

SFPGA FY05 Quarterly Report 4 — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-23 11:44

The Sustainable Forest Products Global Alliance is a public/private partnership that seeks to make markets work for forests and people. Together, the partners in the Global Alliance work to advance a new model for forest conservation and community development in USAID-presence countries in which sustainable forest management is rewarded in the global marketplace. This report summarizes the accomplishments of the two non-governmental partners (WWF and Metafore) for the fourth quarter of the third funding year of the Global Alliance.

SFPGA FY05 Quarterly Report 3 — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-23 11:45

The Sustainable Forest Products Global Alliance is a public/private partnership that seeks to make markets work for forests and people. Together, the partners in the Global Alliance work to advance a new model for forest conservation and community development in USAID-presence countries in which sustainable forest management is rewarded in the global marketplace. This report summarizes the accomplishments of the two non-governmental partners (WWF and Metafore) for the third quarter (April through June, 2005) of the third funding year of the Global Alliance.

SFPGA FYO5 Quarterly Report 1 and 2 — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-23 11:46

The Sustainable Forest Products Global Alliance is a public/private partnership that seeks to make markets work for forests and people. Together, the partners in the Global Alliance work to advance a new model for forest conservation and community development in USAID-presence countries in which sustainable forest management is rewarded in the global marketplace. This report summarizes the accomplishments of the two non-governmental partners—WWF and Metafore—for the first and second quarters (October 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005) of the third funding year of the Global Alliance.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forestry — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:52

index page provides link to Regional Forestry Commissions, UN Forest Programs, Int'l Calandar of Forest-related meetings and events; and links to various databases, information, and resources. A searchable database by country is also available. Resources materials are organized by forest type; management; products and trade including related statistics

World Forestry Congress — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-06 17:54

 

Eldis - Sustainable Forestry — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:34

This is a index page for the Sustainable Forestry section of the eldis information webportal [sponsored by SIDA, Norad, DFID, SDC, and hosted by IDS]. It presents links to information on Forest Trade, Management, Deforestation, Certification, and the relationships between Forests and Climate Change. {http://www.eldis.org/forests/index.htm}

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:32

This institute provides development resources and its Forestry and Land Use Programme (FLU) provides access to series of articles [Small and Medium Enterprises; Instruments for Sustainable Private Sector Forestry; Policies that Work for Forests and People; Forestry and Land Use; Forest Participation] and other publications organized by topic. This page also links to a self-standing website "PowerTools" which offers guides, tools, and links.

CIFOR: Center for International Forestry Research — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-06 17:54

 

Resource Center for Urban Agriculture and Forestry — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-06 18:06

 

Also see... Environment / Forestry / Deforestation — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-09-21 15:41

 

UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:42

UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission (in Europe, the CIS and North America) provides regional data, statistics, and information on the forests products markets (e.g., trade flow, price, secondary products), and includes information of fire statistics and sector outlook. Social and cultural issues are also examined. {http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/welcome.htm}

See also... Environment / Forestry — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 16:09

 

CIFOR — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-23 19:08

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Sustainable Forest Products Global Alliance — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-23 19:08

 

US Tropical Forest Conservation Act Secretariat — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-22 04:22

US Tropical Forest Conservation Act Secretariat

jump to Land-Use Change and Forestry (carbon sequestration) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 15:33

This is a link to climate change folder with materials on this topic.

jump to Land-Use Change and Forestry (carbon sequestration) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 15:23

This is a link to climate change folder with materials on this topic.

USAID Environment Webpage Link to Conservation Finance — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2008-05-23 15:09

Innovative Financing for Forest Conservation and the Environment: Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (EAI)

Eldis - Biodiversity Information — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:23

A resource guide that is packed with useful information on various issues related to biodiversity such as about conservation, forestry, protected areas and agriculture.

World Bank - Agriculture, Rural Development & Forests — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:38

This is the World Bank home page on the Forests and Forestry Programme. The site provides links to the Forest Strategy and Operational Policy resources; Partnership Programs; Forest Governance Programs; WB Projects, Publications, and Events. {http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/ardext.nsf/14ByDocName/ForestsandForestry}

Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:51

that has been established under the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) The CPF members which include the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), the International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), the World B