Forest resources management
5. Forest resources management
Life it its diverse form cannot thrive without forests, and more so, forests in their rich biodiversity. That is why we have developed various measures to sustain their existence. ERMIS Africa appreciates that through Sustainable Forest Management approaches, society must concomitantly maintain forest biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, and vitality, as well as forests' potential to fulfill a wide range of functions and services.
Sustainable forest management offers holistic approaches to ensure forest activities deliver social, environmental and economic benefits, balance competing needs and maintain and enhance forest functions now and in the future. We have within ourselves nurtured the understanding that the application of good forest practices often leads to the protection of ecosystem functions, thereby maintaining a sustainable forest ecosystem. We have the proper techniques and understanding on how to enhance the various types of forests collaboratively with stakeholders through development of Forest Management Plans.
We develop forest management plans outlining strategic vision and commitments to protect multiple forest values in areas under management and assess the current state of the forest in the area. The plan applies to detail the desired future state of forest values in the area.
A forest management plan defines the planned forestry activities (e.g. inventory, yield calculation, harvesting, silviculture, protection and monitoring), specifying objectives, actions and control arrangements in a forest area.