A tale of two genera: exotic Eucalyptus and Acacia species in China (2). Plantation resource development R.J. ARNOLD, Y.J. XIE, J.Z. LUO, H.R. WANG and S.J. MIDGLEY

Forest management certification in the Americas: difficulties in complying with the requirements of the FSC system V.M. BASSO, B.G. ANDRADE, L.A.G. JACOVINE, E.V. SILVA, R.R. ALVES and A.M.B. NARDELLI

Learning to learn in tropical forests: training field teams in adaptive collaborative management, monitoring and gender K. EVANS, A.M. LARSON and S. FLORES

Timberland transaction costs and due diligence: a literature review and assessment of research needs A. HIEGEL, J. SIRY, P. BETTINGER and B. MEI

A typology of community forestry approaches in Indonesia: implications for external support to forest communities H. KURNIASIH, R.M. FORD, R.J. KEENAN and B.J. KING

Power dynamics in forest governance decentralization: the case of Kenya M.A. OMALA and L.M. AGLANU

Underlying driving forces of forest cover changes due to the implementation of preservation policies in Iranian northern Zagros forests H. BEYGI HEIDARLOU, A. BANJ SHAFIEI, M.  ERFANIAN, A. TAYYEBI and A. ALIJANPOUR

Analysing the narrative and promises of ‘avoided deforestation’ implementation

in Central Africa M. TSAYEM DEMAZE, R. SUFO-KANKEU and D.J. SONWA

Review of China’s forestry industry over the past 70 years and an outlook for the future X. ZHANG, S. KE, T. XU and D. QIAO

Book review

Forest Landscape Restoration: Integrated approaches to support effective implementation

Obituary

Jim Ball