Although it's a bit late to announce, it is proudly informed that IJSF has issued its latest edition, IJSF Volume 2 Number 1. In this edition, IJSF puts forward African social forestry as its theme.

Among dozens of articles submitted to IJSF, we selected five articles to be published in this edition:

- New Niches of Community Rights to Forests in Cameroon: Tenure Reform, Decentralization Category or Something Else?
Phil René Oyono

- Community Based Management of a Protected Area: The Case of GEPRENAF in Burkina Faso
Elena Vallino

- The Institutional Sphere of Coffee Forest Management in Ethiopia: Local Level Findings From Koma Forest, Kaffa Zone
Till Stellmacher and Peter P. Mollinga

- The Potential of Irvingia Gabonensis: Can It Contribute to the Improvement of the Livelihoods of Producers in Southern Cameroon?
A. Awono, A. Djouguep, L. Zapfack, and O. Ndoye

- Impact of Incentives in the Development of Social Forestry: A Case of the Matengo Highlands in Tanzania
Christopher P.I. Mahonge