小型林業(yè)是國際森林研究組織聯(lián)盟(IUFRO)小型林業(yè)小組討論的產(chǎn)物，于2002年作為小型森林經(jīng)濟(jì)、管理和政策而成立。其目的是提供一個國際論壇，發(fā)表關(guān)于小規(guī)模林業(yè)的純和應(yīng)用研究的高質(zhì)量、同行評議的論文。該雜志提供實(shí)證、理論、模型和方法論文。主題的范圍從小型林業(yè)在農(nóng)村發(fā)展中的作用，到金融模型和決策支助系統(tǒng)，到木材收割和加工等等。其結(jié)果是徹底審查了農(nóng)場、家庭、非工業(yè)和社區(qū)林業(yè)的社會、經(jīng)濟(jì)和技術(shù)方面。對全球研究界特別感興趣的是，小規(guī)模林業(yè)對決策者和森林管理人員也很有用。

Emerging from discussions within the Small-scale Forestry group of The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Small-scale Forestry was founded in 2002 as Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy. Its aim is to provide an international forum for publishing high quality, peer-reviewed papers on pure and applied research into small-scale forestry.The journal presents empirical, theoretical, modeling, and methodological papers. The range of topics extends from the role of small-scale forestry in rural development, to financial modeling and decision support systems, to wood harvesting and processing and beyond. The result is a thorough examination of the social, economic and technical dimensions of farm, family, non-industrial and community forestry.Of particular interest to the global research community, Small-scale Forestry is also useful to both policy makers and forest managers.