Learning from failure: lessons from a forest based carbon and charcoal project  K. AGANYIRA, R. KABUMBULI, V. MUWANIKA, D. NAMPANZIRA, J.R.S. TABUTI and D. SHEIL

Implementation of forest certification in Brazil, Spain and Portugal: an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) application R.R. ALVES, E.F. ANDRÉS, A. ROJO-ALBORECA and C.R. GRACIOLI

Willingness-to-pay for environmental services provided by trees in core and fringe areas of Benin City, Nigeria O.J. ARABOMEN, P.W. CHIRWA and F.D. BABALOLA

The contested role of management plans in improving forest conditions in Nepal’s community forests S. BARAL, H. MEILBY and B.B.KHANAL CHHETRI

Use of artificial neural networks and ARIMA for forecasting sawnwood consumption of Pinus sp. in Brazil D.A. BURATTO, R. TIMOFEICZYK JUNIOR, J.C.G.L. SILVA, J.R. FREGA, M.S.S.A. WIECHETECK and C.A. SILVA

Evolution in the enabling factors for transformational change in forestry and land use policy processes: case of REDD+ in Cameroon  E.L. CHIA, D. HUBERT, S. CARUDENUTO and O. SENE

Evaluation, analysis and perception of Sustainable Forest Management through the lens of the PEFC forest certification using two case studies in Sicily E. LOMBARDO and F.G. MAETZKE

Analysing data sources’ suitability to support forest policy decision-making in the Czech Republic M. SYNEK and M. HRIB

Changes in livelihood practices, strategies and dependence on bushmeat in two provinces in Gabon E.J.T. VAN GILS, V.J. INGRAM, D. MIDOKO IPONGA and K. ABERNETHY

OBITUARY John Spears