Innovation is essential for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. Read More
It is also an important accelerator for the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems and for achieving global goals such as the eradication of hunger and poverty and the sustainable management and use of natural resources. But innovation does not arise in a vacuum. Among other things, it requires enabling policies; strong,
transformative partnerships; investment; an inclusive culture that is open to and encouraging of new ideas; and
a willingness to take calculated risks. This edition of The State of the World's Forests (SOFO) provides highlights
on the state of the world’s forests and explores the transformative power of evidence-based innovation in the
forest sector, ranging from new technologies to creative and successful policies and institutional changes, to new
ways of getting finance to forest owners and managers. Eighteen case studies from around the world provide a
glimpse at the wide range of technological, social, policy, institutional and financial forest-sector innovations – and
combinations of these – being tested and implemented in real-world conditions. SOFO 2024 identifies barriers
to, and enablers of, innovation and enumerates five actions for empowering people to apply their creativity in the
forest sector to solve problems and scale up positive impacts.
ÉDITORIAL
Conférence internationale sur les bois tropicaux - Promouvoir l'utilisation durable des forêts tropicales. 26-28 août 2024, Antananarivo, Madagascar T. Ramananantoandro, T. P. S. Reynolds, F. A.-Z. R. Andrianaharinjaka, R. A. Koera, L. C. Ramanitrarivo, N. A. Raobimandranto, T. Randriambinintsoa, A. Randrianorosoa, J. Ratsirarson, M. T. J. F. Rakotonirina, G. Chaix
ARTICLES SCIENTIFIQUES
Densité optimale d'arbustes à conserver dans un agro-système du sud bassin arachidier du Sénégal
B. A. Camara, D. Sanogo, B. Nguer, M. D. Yade, M. Badji, M. Diop, H. S. Ba, O. Ndiaye
Utilisation d’un diagramme de Voronoï pondéré pour proposer des éclaircies et dessiner les tracés de pistes de débardage
dans des plantations de teck en Thaïlande
Z. Patočka, L. Petrovičová, N. Kaakkurivaara, T. Zemánek, M. Klimánek
Des systèmes de production agricole sous couvert forestier en Martinique : redécouverte d’une pratique ancienne
T. Pleyber, É. Penot, P. Danthu, G. Bardou
Analyse comparative des charbons de bois produits par trois méthodes de carbonisation à Madagascar
M. F. A. Ramilison, P. Rousset, J. Blin, J.-P. Bouillet, J. Valette, T. Ramananantoandro
ARTICLE D'OPINION
Le biocharbon peut-il servir à des fins de capture et de stockage du CO2 ?
R. Pirard
VOS LECTURES
Penot É. (Coord.), 2024. From jungle rubber to rubber agroforestry systems – History of Rubber Agroforestry Practices in the World.
FAO, 2024. The State of the World's Forests 2024 – Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future.
CONFÉRENCE
Colloque TAMAO 2025 – Télédétection appliquée à la cartographie de l’état et des dynamiques des mangroves d’Afrique de l’Ouest : vers la fin des controverses ? 18-20 décembre 2025, Thiès, Sénégal.
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EDITORIAL
International Conference on Tropical Wood – Advancing the sustainable use of tropical forests. 26th–28th August, 2024, Antananarivo, Madagascar
T. Ramananantoandro, T. P. S. Reynolds, F. A.-Z. R. Andrianaharinjaka, R. A. Koera, L. C. Ramanitrarivo, N. A. Raobimandranto, T. Randriambinintsoa, A. Randrianorosoa, J. Ratsirarson, M. T. J. F. Rakotonirina, G. Chaix
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Optimal density of shrubs to retain in an agro-system in the southern part of Senegal’s groundnut basin B. A. Camara, D. Sanogo, B. Nguer, M. D. Yade, M. Badji, M. Diop, H. S. Ba, O. Ndiaye
Using a weighted Voronoi diagram for forest thinning proposals and skidding trail layouts for teak plantations in Thailand
Z. Patočka, L. Petrovičová, N. Kaakkurivaara, T. Zemánek, M. Klimánek
Agricultural production systems under forest cover in Martinique: reestablishing an abandoned practice
T. Pleyber, É. Penot, P. Danthu, G. Bardou
Comparative analysis of charcoal produced by three carbonisation methods in Madagascar
M. F. A. Ramilison, P. Rousset, J. Blin, J.-P. Bouillet, J. Valette, T. Ramananantoandro
OPINION ARTICLE
Is biochar a Carbon Dioxide Removal?
R. Pirard
BOOK REVIEW
Penot É. (Coord.), 2024. From jungle rubber to rubber agroforestry systems – History of Rubber Agroforestry Practices in the World.
FAO, 2024. The State of the World's Forests 2024 – Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future.
CONFERENCE
TAMAO 2025 conference – Remote sensing applied to mapping the state and dynamics of West African mangroves:
towards the end of controversies? 18-20 December 2025, Thiès, Senegal.