Funded by the Worldwide Environment and Development Affinity Group of the Assets program of the Ford Foundation, we have converted these documents - previously only available at the ODI library in London - into a freely accessible on-line resource. The documents are organised into several thematic collections, more or less chronological in order:

• Fuelwood
• Social Forestry
  
• Joint Forestry Management
  
• Participatory Forest Management
• Gender and Forestry
  

Thematic Review Papers
There is a short review paper outlining the historical debate around each forestry theme in the Grey Literature collection. These provide a good entry point to the material and indications of the relevance or influence of individual papers within the collection, as well as other published material.
Fuelwood collection
In the 1970s there was a widespread belief that by the end of the century much of Africa (and other areas) would have been deforested to provide fuelwood for the poor..
Social Forestry collection
The term 'social forestry' was first used by the Indian government during the 1970s to describe forestry on village not forest reserve land..
Joint Forest Management Collection
Joint Forest Management (JFM) is the contractually-determined sharing of products, responsibilities, control and decision-making authority over forest lands between Forest Departments and local user groups..
Participatory Forest Management (PFM) collection
Under Participatory Forest Management (PFM) we have included various forms of community forestry, co-management and community-based forest management..
Gender and Forestry Collection
The uneven distribution of benefits to different social groups from rural development forestry has been an area of concern highlighted in the literature and spans all of the themativ areas covered our grey literature collections...