NRM forests

The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broa...

The pressures from sectors such as agriculture, mining, or energy on forest biodiversity require cross-sectoral approaches for the conservation and sustainable management of forests. This tool...

This paper addresses the hunting of tropical forest wildlife for food (known as “bushmeat”, “wildmeat” and/or “gamemeat”). It argues that this is an issue of con...

Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests. In this issue of FAO's ...

This study examines promising trends regarding the emergence and development of community forestry enterprises (CFEs) in a range of tropical countries. It looks at the social and politica...

This study seeks to bridge critical gaps that remain in the understanding of social and environmental incentives and impacts at the interface between people, forests, and carbon. It explores the ex...

This newletter contains four short articles discussing the potential for financing carbon sequestration services. The articles particularly focus on this issue in the context of the Kyoto...

Using cases from Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Papua New Guinea, this report looks at the demand for mechanisms that bring together forest certification and fair trade. It particularly focuses...

Unlike coffee and cotton, timber has yet to become a fair trade commodity. This two-page briefing argues that the time has now come to change this. It argues that a partnership with the fair trade ...