General:

Model Forests: More than just trees

The Model Forest Approach: Building partnerships for sustainability

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World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, Spain, October 5-14, 2009
Side Event: "Protected Areas and Sustainable Development - Best Practices and Innovation

Model Forests and Sustainability: the Protected Area Dynamic
Peter Besseau, Director, International Model Forest Network Secretariat
Ottawa, Canada

Reventazon Model Forest: Local Communities and Management of Protected Areas
Linda Vaillancout, CUSO Cooperative and Protected Area Specialist
Reventazon Model Forest
Costa Rica

Clayquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Clayquot Biosphere Trust
Tofino, Canada

Success and Challenges in Managing Marie Protected Areas in Kenya
Mohamed Omar, Senior Scientist, Kenya Wildlife Service
Kenya

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International Model Forest Network Global Forum, November 2005:

Beacons of Sustainability
    Keynote address by Dr. Peter Duinker
    University of Dalhousie
    Halifax, Canada

What Future for Tropical Forests?
    Keynote address by Dr. Gary Hartshorn
    World Forestry Center
    Oregon, U.S.A.

The Environmental Services Payment Program: A Success Story of Sustainable Development Implementation in Costa Rica (pdf.)
    Keynote address by Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
    Minister of the Environment and Energy
    Costa Rica

Networks and Networking: Current Practice and Future Directions in the IMFN
    Peter Besseau
    Executive Director
    International Model Forest Network Secretariat

Promising Experiences in Mulit-Stakeholder Cooperation in Central America in the Generation and Utilization of Knowledge
    Glen Galloway
    Dean of Graduate School
    Tropical Agriculture and Higher Education Centre (CATIE)

Session I: Defining Networking - Local and National Perspectives and Experiences
    Rungnapar Pattanavibool
    Ngao Model Forest
    Thailand

Summary of Session I: Local and National-level Networking
    Virginia Outon
    Jujuy Model Forest
    Argentina

Session II: Regional Networking in the IMFN - Experience, Analysis, Opportunity
    Brian Barkley
    Eastern Ontario Model Forest
    Canada

Summary of Session II: Regional-level Networking

Session III: Networking at International Levels
    José Joaquín Campos
    Director
    Regional Model Forest Network for Latin America and the Caribbean

Summary of All Three Sessions
    Brian Bonnell
    Senior Project Officer
    International Model Forest Network Secretariat

Analysis and Observations
    Fred Pollett
    Consultant
    International Model Forest Network Secretariat

Análysis y Observaciones (Spanish only)
    José Joaquín Campos
    Director
    Regional Model Forest Network for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-5) in May 2005:

Partnerships to Success - the International Model Forest Network
   Peter Besseau
   Executive Director
   International Model Forest Network Secretariat

Asia
   Romeo Acosta
   Director
   Forest Management Bureau, the Philippines

Canada
   Brian Wilson
   Director of Programs
   Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Forest Service and Chair, Canadian Model Forest Network

Latin America and the Caribbean
   Olga Corrales
   Manager
   Regional Model Forest Network, Latin America and the Caribbean