Tools Supporting Sustainable Forest Management and Certification

8 documents

FauneFAC

Type: Methodological toolkit 
Purpose: Support wildlife data collection and research in forestry and environmental studies.
Description: Provides explanatory methodological tools detailing three different approaches for collecting fauna data, designed to guide students and professionals in practical fieldwork.

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E-learning abattage contrôlé

Type: E-learning video module
Purpose: Provide theoretical and practical training for tropical forest loggers.
Description: This e-learning course covers essential skills for chainsaw operators, including personal protective equipment (PPE), controlled felling, cross-cutting, and first aid. It includes 3D-animated videos created by a professional trainer to demonstrate safe and efficient logging techniques step by step.

Interactive Infographics on Certification Careers

Type: Educational PDF / interactive resource
Purpose: Provide pedagogical guidance on certification-related roles in tropical forestry.
Description: These interactive PDFs present the activities of key roles within a certification unit, including Certification Manager, EFIR Standards Controller, Wildlife and Illegal Activity Officer, Health, Safety, and Environment Officer, and External Social Officer.

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Tashmetum

Type: Document library
Purpose: Centralize forest certification and legality resources.
Description: Provides multilingual guides, technical documents, and training materials to support sustainable forest management and certification in Central Africa.

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TEREA

Type: Carbon tools
Purpose: Integrate carbon and GHG considerations in certified forest operations.
Description: In the context of PAFC (Pan African Forest Certification) in the Congo Basin, Terea is developing tools to account for carbon and GHG in certified forest management operations.

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AFOLU Carbon Calculator (FAO)

Type: Carbon accounting tool
Purpose: Estimate greenhouse gas impacts of land-based interventions.
Description: Uses IPCC-based methods to model CO₂ benefits or emissions from activities such as afforestation, forest management, agroforestry, cropland or grazing management.

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Assala

Type: Web GIS planning tool
Purpose: Optimize road/trail routing to reduce environmental footprint.
Description: Browser-based GIS application that helps plan access roads/trails minimizing costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental impact.

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Assistant Numérique de Contrôle (ANC)

Type: Mobile application
Purpose: Support digital inspection and control tasks.
Description: App for field officers to record and verify compliance data, likely in forestry or environmental monitoring contexts.

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