The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is a global community of practice whose members and supporters work toward a common goal: the sustainable management of forest-based landscapes through the Model Forest approach. The IMFN is comprised of all member Model Forests in existence or under development around the world.

Model Forests are based on a flexible approach that combines the social, cultural and economic needs of local communities with the long-term sustainability of forest landscapes.

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IMFN at Greenbuild International
Three representatives of the IMFN attended and delivered a side event at the 2009 Greenbuild Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11th and 12th. The conference, dedicated to “green” design of buildings residential and commercial, was attended by 28,000 persons from all over the world...

IMFN Publication on Model Forest Impacts: Update
The production of the IMFN Publication on Model Forest Impacts has begun! Over 30 abstracts from Model Forest members across the world were submitted and reviewed by the editorial board members and the Secretariat...

IMFN Secretariat changes
Christa Mooney, Network Liaison Officer at the IMFN Secretariat in Ottawa, is taking the year away from the office as she welcomes a new family member in late December. We wish her and her family well as they welcome their third child... 

Canada
The Canadian Model Forest Network (CMFN) held a national workshop: "Indicators of Assessing the Ability of Forest-based Communities to Respond to Transformative Change" in Toronto, Canada on December 10th and 11th...

Africa
Congratulations are in order for Marie-Claude Simard, the Montreal Photojournalist, who travelled to Cameroon two years ago to do a photo-shoot in Cameroon’s Model Forests. In addition to presenting a photomontage at the World Forestry Congress during an IMFN event, thirty-two of Marie-Claude Simard's photos on The Women of the Forest Campo Ma'an in Cameroon will be hung...

Mediterranean
One of the projects of the Mediterranean Model Forest Network is the MED PROJECT “FORET MODELE.” The theme of this project is the establishment of an innovative methodology for coordination of regional policies on forests...

Costa Rica: The Reventazón MF Supports Local Nature Tourism Initiatives
In the interest of promoting local groups dedicated to nature tourism and the participative management of protected areas, the Reventazón Model Forest (Costa Rica) organized an exchange between three groups of tour guides at the Irazú Volcano National Park on 7 November 2009... 

Regional Model Forest Network –Asia
An in-person meeting is being planned in China at the end of February, 2010 by the sites of the Regional Model Forest Network –Asia. This is an exciting milestone for the Asian Network...

New Publication on Sustainable Forest Management by the IUCN and CBD
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) have published a Good Practice Guide on Sustainable Forest Management: Biodiversity and Livelihoods...

UN Food Agency Offers Free Satellite Monitoring of Forests
For the first time worldwide, free and ready-to-use high-resolution satellite data is now available to monitor forests and help reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation...

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