Policy, governance and economics
News
Conference to address challenges of Europe’s small-scale forest owners
19/05/2025
The 1st European Conference on Small Forest Holdings will address the challenges faced by small-scale forest owners across Europe when it convenes at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations this week.
Assessing conditions to scale up private investment in forest restoration
07/05/2025
Published in the Journal of Forest Business Research, this research paper found that forest restoration in low- and middle-income countries faces significant investment challenges, as only a limited portion of degraded forestland meets conditions for private investment.
Grow the Solution initiative aims to promote wood-based products for climate
06/05/2024
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Communicators Network Joint Initiative today launched a new initiative to encourage greater use of products made from sustainably grown wood as a key strategy for combating climate change.
Publications
Developing bankable business plans
2021
This guide was developed to improve the capacity of small producers, their organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises to access private investment and finance for sustainable forest-based businesses. It offers a framework to think through, organize and develop a convincing investment proposal.
Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for youth across different processes in the forest value chain in Uganda
2021
This report addresses the subject of decent rural employment for youth in the forestry sector. It is based on case studies carried out across different processes in the value chain within the sector in Uganda, ranging from seedbed development through to plantation management, saw logging and trading.