Access, uptake and use of knowledge products developed by the African Forest Forum
The state and potential for public and private sector engagement in the forestry sector
The potential for all-inclusive public private partnerships in Zimbabwe’s forest sector
Public and private sector development in forest products industry of South Africa
South Africa is faced with persistently high levels of poverty and unemployment. Forestry being a rurally based activity is ideally placed to contribute towards wealth generation and job creation i...
Strengthening public-private partnerships for promoting sustainable forest management in the Republic of Sudan
Public-private-partnerships in the forest sector and sustainable livelihood development in Nigeria
La filière bois en côte d’Ivoire: productions primaire et secondaire, relation entre les acteurs, tendance future et contribution à l’économie nationale et aux moyens de subsistance des populations
La présente étude a été conduite dans le cadre de deux projets de African Forest Forum (AFF) intitulés « Renforcement de la gestion durable des forêts en Afrique » et « Forêts d'Afrique, les Popula...
Partenariat public – privé dans le secteur forestier au Burkina Faso
Le Burkina Faso est un pays dont l’économie est basée, entre autres, sur le secteur primaire qui contribue en moyenne pour environ 30,90% au PIB national. Au cours de ces dernières décennies, cette...
Partenariat public – privé dans le secteur forestier au Niger
Les forêts et les terres boisées soutiennent directement et indirectement les économies des pays sahéliens comme le Niger dans le développement des stratégies d’adaptation au changement climatique ...
Aboveground and belowground tree biomass and carbon stocks in the miombo woodlands of the Copperbelt in Zambia
Globally, belowground biomass (BGB) accounts for 20–26% of total biomass, and as such it is an important carbon (C) pool for many vegetation types. However, large uncertainty exists for belowground...
AFF 10th Year Anniversary Celebrations Report
The 10th Anniversary of the African Forest Forum (AFF) was celebrated on 22 May 2019, at the Amani Gardens, Karura Forest Service grounds in Nairobi Kenya. The celebration of this important anniver...
Trans-boundary forest resources in West and Central Africa
This report presents the results of a study carried out in 2017 through visits to sampled West and Central African countries, namely: Niger, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Camer...
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the Forestry Sector in Central Africa
The African Forest Forum (AFF) commissioned this study in four of the ten countries in Central Africa (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo) as part of its activi...
Review of land use, land use change and forest sector potential for green economy in Francophone West and Central African countries
This study aimed to assess the green economy potential in the forest sector. It identified and analysed key elements within the forest sector that contribute to green economy, as well as the variou...
Private forestry sector in Kenya: status and potential
This study provides information to support catalysing the emergence of organized private sector in forestry in Kenya, through promotion of promising public private partnership (PPP) approaches for ...
Private forestry sector in Tanzania: status and potential
In many African countries, the private sector in forestry is almost non-existent as an organized entity that one can dialogue with. This is also true in Tanzania, the country this study reports on,...
Private forestry sector in Cameroon: status and potential
Cameroon's land area covers about 46 million ha with 16.8 million ha as dense tropical forests and 29.8 million ha as degraded humid forests. The almost double proportion of degraded forests to den...
AFF Website Analysis Report
The African Forest Forum (AFF) website serves as a knowledge and information hub on African forestry for its members and stakeholders. It avails knowledge on priority issues that are critical for t...
Mobilising stakeholders in Africa towards sustainable forest management: An assessment of efforts made by the African Forest Forum from 2012 to 2016
This report highlights some findings from evaluation activities that have been undertaken on projects implemented by the African Forest Forum (AFF). Specifically, the evaluations were undertaken wi...
Communication and knowledge management at AFF: Achievements made in 2017
Forests and forestry continue to be very much profiled on the global agenda and their relevance to other sectors of national economies is increasingly been recognized and appreciated. This progress...
African-Swedish collaboration programme on sustainable forest management:Final report on the planning phase of the project
This report contains the outcomes of the planning phase of a joint project between the African Forest Forum and the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. The project started in early 2...
Swedish-African forest relations
In the first phase of the project Lessons learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa (SFM I, 20022005) funded by Sida and carried out jointly by the African Forest Research Network (AFO...
Assessment of National Forest Programme Processes and Plans in Southern Africa
Southern African forest ecosystems (both natural and exotic) provide a wide range of economic, social and ecological services and are under threat from various causes, hence the need to implement s...
Forest-livestock interactions in West Africa.
The Sahel is a climatic zone that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea with a width of 400 km to 600 km from North to South and a rainfall ranging from 100 to 600 mm. This zone is chara...
Forest management for non-wood products and services in Africa
Non-wood forest products (NWFPs) play important roles in the daily lives and overall well being of rural and urban people in Africa. NWFPs are major sources for food, medicines, fodder, gums, fibre...
The state of Forest Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
As Africa enters the 21st century, many developmental challenges are encountered across the continent. Among them, the goal of achieving sustainable use of natural resources especially forests - ...
What shapes forestry in Africa?
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa
Lessons Learnt on Community Forest Management in Africa.
The search for sustainable methods of land use goes back to the 1950s when planned community development thrusts were introduced but later abandoned in the 1960s. In the late 1960s to early 1970s t...
Study on forest administration and related institutional arrangements
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa
Rain forest management for wood production in West and Central Africa
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa.
Producers Cooperatives a tool for developing small-scale forestry
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa.
Lessons from Latin America and their relevance to SFM in Africa
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa.
Lessons learnt from Sustainable Forest Management initiatives in Asia
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa.
Lessons learnt from the evolution of forest policy in Sweden in the last 150 years
A report prepared for the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa.
African forests and forestry: an overview
Forests and woodlands cover vast areas of Africa, representing a substantial percentage of global forest cover. Tropical moist forests in Central and parts of West Africa and woodlands in Southern ...
Forest Certification: a potential tool to promote SFM in Africa
Forest certification is a mechanism by which well-managed forests are able to communicate information about the quality of forest management to markets.
Activity Outline
Forest certification scheme...
Development of wood-based industries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This study was undertaken as part of the initiative by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) in collaboration with the Forestry Department of the United Nations Food and Agri...
The Vi AgroForestry Programme in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
In late 2002, the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) and the Forestry Department of FAO jointly initiated a project entitled Lessons le...
Development of trade and marketing of nonwood forest products for poverty alleviation in Africa.
This paper is one amongst several commissioned by the project Lessons Learnt on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa, or SFM in Africa, for short. The understanding that several forestry pro...
