Global forest governance is moving incrementally forward. REDD+ is the latest forest
instrument being promoted globally as a cost-effective mechanism. This paper addresses …

Every year, a great part of forests in Iran is ruined for various reasons. Meanwhile, the main
factor responsible for deforestation and environmental challenges is the environmentally …

Using community forest management to achieve REDD+ goals Page 227 Chapter 16 Using
community forest management to achieve REDD+ goals Arun Agrawal and Arild Angelsen • …

Over 400 million hectares of tropical forests are managed for timber production, comprising
more than half of the remaining global permanent tropical forest estate. A growing proportion …

To allow for the production of timber while preserving conservation values, forestry
regulations in the Congo Basin have made Forest Management Plans (FMP) mandatory in …

To solve problems caused by conventional forest management, forest certification has
emerged as a driver of sustainable forest management. Several sustainable forest …

Selective logging is an important socio-economic activity in the Congo Basin but one with
associated environmental costs, some of which are avoidable through the use of reduced …

The transition from a fossil-based economy towards a bioeconomy is supported and
adopted by governments and intergovernmental organizations all over Europe …

The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has a pivotal role for both the
Cameroonian legal framework and market-based instruments such as forest certification. We …

In 1994, Cameroon enacted a national forest law redefining the legal framework of forest
use, thereby pioneering forest-related institutional reforms in Central Africa. This law …