• Queen's Award for Forestry
• Regional Award
• Young Forester Award
• Young Scientist Publication Award
• CFA Young Scientist
  Research Award
• CFA Book Prize

About the CFA

Objectives

The Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA) is the world's longest established international forestry association, tracing its history back to 1921. Today it unites foresters, scientists, students, NGOs and policy makers throughout the world in a unique international network that provides professional support to its members and forms a key element of civil society.

The CFA is a registered UK charity: Charity Registration No: CC250739

Mission statement

To promote the conservation and sustainable management of the world's forests and the contribution they make to peoples’ livelihoods

The mission of the CFA supports the Millennium Development Goals, in particular relating to the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger through the contribution of forests to livelihoods, and to the fundamental role that forests play in environmental stability.

Purpose

The purpose of the Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA) is to support the professional development of those working with trees and forests.

Outputs
 

To achieve the above purpose and mission, the CFA will provide the following services:

• Dissemination of information to members, policy makers and the public
• Education and training of members
• Facilitation of national capacity building
• Recognition of excellence in the field of forestry.
• Encouragement of interaction amongst members.
• Representation at international meetings

Management structure

The CFA is managed on behalf of the membership by the Governing Council, which is composed of representatives from all countries who have members.  It is run on a day-to-day basis by a small UK-based Secretariat consisting of the Chair, Vice-Chair, Technical Director, Membership Manager and Finance Manager.  The Secretariat is advised by committees for Finance and General Purposes, and Publications.   The Governing Council appoints one member from each region, the Regional Coordinators, to work closely with the Secretariat in the Executive Committee to implement the plans of the CFA in accordance with the overall objectives.