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 2025  

CFA Newsletter - March 2025

Papers

Economic valuation and sustainable utilization of Nypa forest resources in the Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia  R.M. ALIPIAH, M. KAMALUDIN, S. ZAITON and N.H.M. SALLEH

Valuing cultural benefits from the restoration of a mined-out forest in Ghana: a contingent valuation approach  L. ARTHUR and S. AMOAKO

Cross-border illegal logging and timber trade in the Indian state of Manipur, and Myanmar: causes, actors, routes and volumes  H. ISWORCHANDRA SHARMA and L. THOUDAM

Causal factors contributing to Taiwan’s unusually low timber self-sufficiency rate  T-Y. LEE and W-Y. LIU

Taxonomic classification of tree species distribution models: a review and assessment  Y. OZKAN TUMER, I. CAGLAYAN and A. YE??L

Carbon markets can support invasive trees’ control with biomass-based value chains  R. PIRARD, A.M. PETERSEN, A. GROBLER and O.F. TUCHTEN

The role of ICT, human capital and economic growth on sustainable forest management: evidence from panel cointegration and Fourier causality tests  S. SOYYIGIT, S. SOLARIN, C. KILIC, A.T. AKCAN and H. KAZAK

Benefit-cost analysis of smallholder teak plantations in Northern Thailand: de facto practice and high input scenarios  M. STARFINGER, M. JENKE, A. SRITAKAE and G. KAPP

Obituary

Eberhard Brünig: a pioneer in tropical forest ecology (1926–2024)

 

Lead
• Logging and prescribed
burning in Australia


Association News
• Obituary: Eberhard Bruenig
• L’Association des Forestiers Tropicaux et d’Afrique du Nord


Forest Scenes
• A greener 2025
• Collaboration for Earth’s largest tropical forest reserve
• Indonesia targets protected forests for biofuel
• Timber domed cricket stadium
• Life after logging
• Trees might not be acting in the way we thought
• Producing green chemicals
• Exploring Kashmir’s forest school

Around the World


 

Latest News

Nigeria Chapter Conference - virtual meeting
Forest Ecosystem Potentials in Nigeria: Opportunities for Green Economy in the 21st Century V...
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