Welcome to the CFA

Professor John Innes, CFA President 

“The objective of the CFA is to promote the conservation and sustainable management of the world's forests and the contributions they make to peoples’ livelihoods…..”

“A particularly important aspect of the CFA is the links that are being forged between forestry professionals and civil society”.

Read why Professor Innes supports the CFA


Recent publications

International Forestry Review - March 2024  

CFA Newsletter - March 2024

Papers

Improving the role of communities in participatory forest management through artificial intelligence: the case of Nairobi city park community forest association  S. CHISIKA and C. YEOM

Assessment of revenue loss from illegal logging in Ghana’s informal timber sector  L. DAMNYAG, A.A. BAMPOH, Y.T. TEGEGNE, B.D. OBIRI and K.A. ODURO

Alternative identification of wood from natural fallen trees of the Lecythidaceae family in the Central Amazonian using FT-NIR spectroscopy  C. EUGENIO DA SILVA, C.S. NASCIMENTO, J.A. FREITAS, R.D. ARAÚJO, F.M. DURGANTE, C.E. ZARTMAN, C.C. NASCIMENTO and N. HIGUCHI

An integrated ecosystem service-based approach for the sustainable management of forested islands in South Korea  J.H. JO, E.M. LIM, D.K. KWEON and C.W. PARK

Strengthening capacity for forest protection in Myanmar  S.S. LEE, W.W. THAN, K. TINT, S. SAING, I. ANIMON and S. SATHYAPALA

Tree seed supply system in Ethiopia: modeling source and dissemination of priority species  A.B. MEHARI, A.A. ABTEW and Y.M. MULATU

Training forestry students for uncertainty and complexity: the development and assessment of a transformative roleplay  I. WALLIN and V. BRUKAS

Intellectual capital in the Galician common forests  B. ZUGAZAGOITIA, C.M. JARDON and X. MARTINEZ-COBAS

 

 

Lead

• Botanical breakthrough

Forest Scenes

• Canada’s logging industry devours crucial forests

• Diverse forests best for storms

• Ireland moving away from monculture

• Japan’s thirst for biomass

• Invasive forest species in Karnataka

• Turning Nepal’s forests into fortune

• Old forests and climate change

• SE Asian forests more resilient than previously thought

• Refugees restoring forests in Uganda

Obituary

• Jerry Leech

Publications

• Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry

• Why we need to preserve Maritime forests

Around the World


 

Latest News

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