In a wider context of attempting to minimise forestry related occupational hazards, this paper aimed to evaluate the ability of FSC forest management certification to contribute to identifying, describing, and reducing health and safety issues in forest management in Romania. By extracting and...

Although studies emphasize that rural women are persistently being marginalized in forest governance in the Global South, some feminist scholars contend that women are still joining and engaging in forest management institutions. Drawing on the 'Typology of Participation' model and the 'Gender Box' ...

Government of Nepal has adopted different models like community forestry, leasehold forestry, collaborative forestry, buffer zone community forestry and public land agroforestry for management of forest resources. Poor focused leasehold forestry is only the approach adopted since early 1990 that...

Households in giant panda nature reserves rely heavily on natural resources, and the balance between nature conservation and economic development is crucial. Along with the increase of off-farm working opportunities and rural development, the labor structure of forest management activities has been ...

It is time to move beyond the era of conflict and develop a new shared vision for the management of Australia's public forests. We need more holistic approaches that encompass all forest values across the landscape, rather than the current approach of dividing public forest management up across...

Rural-urban labour migration has the potential to significantly transform forest owners' forestry management strategies and influence the forest resources in the long term. This study examined the effects of rural-urban labour migration on household forestland exit decisions (i.e. forestland...

Community forest management (CFM) systems have been implemented in developing countries as forest conservation initiatives with community development objectives. Women are often active in CFM by participating in non-timber forest product harvesting and management. Given the increasing presence of...

The influence of forest management on fungal diversity and community composition has been the subject of a wide number of studies over the last two decades. However, the difficulty of studying the complex kingdom of fungi under real forest conditions has led to rather scattered scientific...

Changes in forestry policies in Cameroon have often been initiated by different stakeholders in line with their respective interests, political and/or economic power, capacities and views. Consequently, communities, and especially women, inhabiting forest areas have faced difficulty using and...

Certification of community forests managed by traditional peoples in Tanzania has monetary costs that exceed financial returns. Community forest managers had overall positive views of certification, believing it should be maintained despite the costs. Forest management activities associated with...