Our Vision

To support, through model forests, the management of the world's forest resources in a sustainable manner, reflecting environmental and socio-economic issues from the perspective of local needs and global concerns.

Our three key objectives are:

• to foster international cooperation and exchange of ideas relating to the working concept of sustainable forest management
• to support international cooperation in critical aspects of forest science and social science that underlie the search for new models of forest management
• to support ongoing international discussions on the criteria and principles of sustainable development