Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) for C Footprint and Climate Change Mitigation

Nowadays government, stakeholders, and other common people are shifting from conventional forest management to sustainable forest management (SFM) to improve the productivity without affecting the environment. Sustainable forest management (SFM) needs adaptive, scrutinize knowledge insight and monitoring of environmental, social and economic to operate the principles of sustainability. SFM is characterized by some identifiable features like trans-disciplinary, pluralistic, integrative nature, and heterogeneity that make it different from the conventional forest management approach. According to Keenan (2015), approximately 30% of the Earth’s land area is covered by forests, making it difficult to imagine a person who does not rely on forest products and services in their daily life (Köthke 2014). The economic contribution of forests is significant, providing various amenities that sustain livelihoods and safeguard our environment (MacDicken et al. 2015).