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 - June 2025  

CFA Newsletter - September 2025

Papers

Legal dynamics of forest crimes in Türkiye: international comparisons and policy Strategies  G. GENÇAY, Ü. BIRBEN and N.T. YILDIZBAS

Participatory forest management in Sri Lanka: myth or reality?  C.E. HAQUE, M.S. TARANNUM and S. BATUWATTA

Perceived effects of tree planting in Iringa and Njombe regions Tanzania  R. MARTIN, D.G. MHANDO, S.S. NYANDA and J. LUSASI

The effect of the logging moratorium on tree resources in Kenya: the case of trees on farms and private forests in Ol’Jororok, Nyandarua County  A.M. MATINDI, S.N. CHISIKA and D. YI

Trends in wood productivity of eucalypt plantations over fi ve decades: a view from South Africa  A.R. MORRIS

Public, Private and Community Inclusive Partnerships (PPCIP): towards a better

institutional setting for an Indonesian social forestry program  M.T. SAMBODO, S. HIDAYAT, M. NADJIB, J. SURYANTO, E. NURJATI, P. PURWANTO,A.Z. RAHMAYANTI and F.W. HANDOYO

Conservation challenges and land dynamics in a threatened coastal forest biodiversity hotspot, Tanzania: insights from 1995–2022  O. SIMON, B. GWAMBENE, F.J. MAGIGE and J.R. JOHN

Agroforestry tree cover change in agricultural landscapes following farmland exclosure in Tigray, Ethiopia  G. YAEBIYO, E. BIRHANE, T. TADESSE, A. GIRMAY, K.M. HADGU and S. KIROS

 

 

Lead
•  Forests are contributing to
climate change

 

CFA Voices
Equity in community-based conservation

Forest Scenes
• Bangor’s Forestry MSC
• A home for trees and birds
• How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine
• Forest biomass satellite images
• Restoration of ancient woodlands
• Carbon sink shrinks
• The Gambia “Now the forest is truly ours”

Publications
• Assessing vegetation changes
• Resilient forest management

Around the World


 

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