Report of the 24th Session of the Committee on Forestry

Wildlife management is the focus of considerable international debate because of its importance for biodiversity conservation, human safety, livelihoods and food security. Local people have been managing wildlife for millennia, including through hunting. Sufficient examples are presented in this…

Cadastral information and land administration systems are central to effective land markets, land use and sustainable development. This paper focuses on one aspect of land administration dynamism: the changing uses of cadastral information. We follow a qualitative approach and offer an overview…

Previous literature on social equity has focused on procedure, distribution and recognition related to land use governance. We propose novel approach to examine social equity by following ideational turn with an aim to explore globally used and locally persistent myths that (mis)inform…

This factsheet gives a summary of FFF impact in The Gambia. Community forest tenure reform process unlocked with Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) in vital role; followsdecade of stagnation.• Incomes of members of Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) raised 35 to 50 percent on…

This publication is intended to assist anyone involved in the development or implementation of a legal or institutional framework to promote integrated coastal management (ICM). It includes revised versions of some of the information contained in the 1994 FAO publication "Legal and…

This guide is about making the recording or registration of tenure rights more relevant to people who hold those tenure rights, and particularly to people who are currently poorly served by systems to record or register tenure rights. It provides practical advice on ways to improve the recording…

Ce numéro de Nature &Faune explore la science etles innovations (techniques,sociales et politiques) quipeuvent soutenir la réalisationde ce rêve africain. Les articlespartagent des expériences surles défis, les opportunités et larestauration réussie, y comprisla régénération…

Rapport de la session conjointe du Comité des forêts et de l'industrie forestière et de la Commission européenne des forêtsVarsovie, Pologne9-13 octobre 2017

The Global Forest Resources Assessment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates its 70th Anniversary in 2018. FAO's forestry department whishes to commemorate this important occurrence with a special publication on the history of the past 70 years of…