GMS Forest Policy Brief 2: Field-level Forestry

This analytical report underscores that, with demands on forests increasing and climate change threatening, efforts to maintain benefits from forests should focus attention on effective management at the field level. The brief calls for efforts to focus on field-level management activities including monitoring of forest health, fire management, forest patrolling, silvicultural activities, reduced impact logging and collection of forest statistics. The brief also stresses the need for foresters to engage in voluntary codes of best practice and to integrate monitoring into responsive management systems.