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United Nations forest-related institutions
International Arrangement on Forests
UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN)
UNFF Trust Fund
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI)
Global Forest Resources Assessments
State of the World's Forests (SOFO) reports
Other intergovernmental organizations
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Expert Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT)
· “In December 2021, CIFOR and ICRAF completed a three-year programmatic and
operational merger process. While maintaining separate legal entities, CIFOR-ICRAF
now operates under a single governing Board and single leadership team, with a joint
regional structure and five joint research themes, all guided by the CIFOR-ICRAF
Strategy 2020–2030. The functional merger brings together more than 70 years of
combined expertise, over 700 staff working in 60 countries across the Global South,
offices in 25 countries, 14 host country agreements, nearly 200 active partnerships,
and intellectual assets published in some 25,000 research products. CIFOR and ICRAF
are CGIAR Research Centers. Born of the merger of the most trusted research
organizations on forests and trees–the Center for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF)–CIFOR-ICRAF harnesses more than 70 years
of combined expertise and extensive partnership networks across Africa, Asia and
Latin America.”*
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
· Full title: Collaborating to Operationalise landscape Approaches for Nature,
Developmentand Sustainability
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)
· Formerly the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
European Union FLEGT Facility (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade)
· "The EU's FLEGT Action Plan was established in 2003. It aims to reduce illegal logging by
strengthening sustainable and legal forest management, improving governance and promoting
trade in legally produced timber.”
· Forests
International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR)
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
· Encourages investment in timber from sustainably-managed forests
World Bank
BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes
International science & research institutions
Ancient Forest Exploration and Research
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR)
Forest Carbon and Climate Program @ Michigan State University
Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO)
· “...a global network of scientists and forest research sites dedicated to advancing long-term study of
the world's forests. The network recognizes the importance of collaborating with local institutions
to strengthen science capacity in an era of rapidly changing landscapes and climate to understand
and predict forest dynamics.”
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
· "...will provide answers to how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations,
how much carbon forests will absorb in the future, and how habitat degradation will affect global
biodiversity."
Global Forest Observation Initiative
Witness Tree Social Media Project
International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) research network @ Indian School of Business
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
· “...a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists, which promotes
global cooperation in forest-related research and enhances the understanding of the ecological,
economic and social aspects of forests and trees. IUFRO is 'the' global network for forest
science cooperation. It unites more than 15,000 scientists in around 650 Member Organizations
in over 125 countries, and is a member of ICSU. Scientists cooperate in IUFRO on a voluntary basis.”
· Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP)
International initiatives & networks
· Based on idea that each human can plant 400 trees and the pre-industrial global tree count
would be restored
Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi)
Alliance for the Preservation of Forests
· ”We are a group of responible manufactures and distributors who are determined to put an end
to the deforestation imported into Europe via our commodity supply chains, along with a
corresponding social exclusion.”
Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
Forest Gene Conservation Association (FGCA)
Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)
Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR)
Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force
Trillion Tree Campaign
· Formerly the Billion Trees Campaign
WCS~WWF~Birdlife International site
· “A platform for the trillion tree community"
Professional societies
Association of Nature & Forest Therapy Guides & Programs (ANFT)
International Network of Professional Forestry Associations (INPFA)
International Society of Arboriculture
Private sector institutions & consultancies
· "...conducts free sustainability risk analysis for financial analysts, credit analysts, commercial
bankers, institutional investors, corporations, and other stakeholders. Our special focus is
demonstrating that deforestation is material financial risk. We focus on tropical deforestation-
related commodities including palm oil, soy, cattle, coffee, cacao, timber pulp and paper, and
other products."
· "...a sustainable real assets investment manager offering leading-edge strategies in forestry,
land management, and conservation."
NGOs ~ General
California Tropical Forest Standard
Community Forest International
· Not limited to dogwood trees; encourages protection of all trees
Finance for Forests Initiative
FLARE (Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement)
Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
· "Together with partners around the world, Forest Trends pioneers innovative finance for conservation
- promoting healthy forests, sustainable agriculture, clean water, robust climate action, protected
biodiversity, and strong communities."
· The GFC's Members page contains a helpful list of forest-focused organizations.
International Society of Tropical Foresters
· Not updated since 2012
Plant a Billion Trees campaign
Rio Bravo Climate Action Project
· "Since 2014, we have planted over 135.5 million trees with 378 partners across 82 countries in North
America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific.”
Plant a Tree @ World Land Trust
· launched at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, in 2015. The QCC is a unique network of forest conservation
initiatives, which involves all 53 countries of the Commonwealth
The Restoration Initiative (TRI)
SPOTT: Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit
Sustainable Forests @ Climate Investment Funds
Wild Heritage
· A project of Earth Island Institute
World Resources Institute (WRI)
NGOs ~ Rainforest
Coalition for Rainforest Nations
Forests institutions
Contents of this page:
· United Nations forest-related institutions
· Other intergovernmental organizations
· International science & research institutions
· International initiatives & networks
· Private sector institutions & consultancies
· NGOs
~ General
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