This special issue contains 23 papers addressing issues, challenges and opportunities in Africa's diverse ecological zones including, for example, the activities and preliminary results of the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel initiative and those in the rich tropical rain forests and...

This special issue contains 12 papers on forests and people in Africa. The papers cover the following topics: establishment of forest enterprises; participatory forest management; non-wood forest products; forest livelihoods; and climate change impact on sustainable forest management.

This paper provides information on interventions and investment in forestry in Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire. It is hoped that this paper will spur other countries to also share their information on major ongoing forestry interventions to provide a better view of ongoing efforts in forestry development...

This edition highlights various aspects of how to improve gender equality in the management of Africa's renewable natural resources, and covers agriculture, agroforestry, forest resources, and fisheries. The 11 articles in this edition seek answers to such questions as "what aspect of natural...

This edition looks at the implications of rapid urbanization for urban food and nutrition security, focusing on the specific roles of sustainable management and utilization of natural resources (including forest, water and fish resources) in Africa's fast changing urban food and nutrition equation. ...

Expert knowledge and literature review were used to identify barriers to effective participation of rural communities, private sector and other stakeholders in management of wood and non-wood forest products in Zambia. Traditional and non-traditional forests occupy approximately 60% of Zambia's...

The 20 papers in this issue reflect the interface between water resources and land, forestry and in-land fisheries management in Africa. The content and subject matter of the papers contribute to the assessment of best practices, and offer applicable measures to ensure a secured access to abundant...

This special issue contains papers providing information on the processes and structures of governance and natural resources management. Topics covered include: description and analyses on how projects and programs were designed and how committees etc were composed; how transparent the governance...

This paper describes the development of the comprehensive FAO Guidelines to be used as a guide in community-based forest management (CBFM) in Africa. This Guidelines is intended to benefit CBFM practitioners and forest managers as well as policy makers, planners, forestry and rural development...

This article discusses the role of effective management of natural resources that forests and woodlands in Africa have in the green economy, as well as the full potential value of forests and woodlands.