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 2026  

CFA Newsletter - March  2026

Papers

Polycentric forest governance for social equity of Indigenous Peoples? A critical appraisal  D. ADHIKARI

The transformation of institutional capacity for social forestry policy in Java, Indonesia  M. ADIB, M. SAUD, R. RUSTINSYAH and I. ABDULLAH

A comparative legal analysis of silvicultural interventions for sustainable forest management  Ü. B?RBEN and F. ÇAKIR

An assessment of export-import performances of Nepal’s wood sector: market landscape and trade indices analysis  R.B. DANGI

Energy forests on small rural properties in the semi-arid region of Brazil  D.C. GAMA, D.A. DEUS, T.A.S. FREITAS, F.F. OLIVEIRA, M.D.S. FONSECA and A.C.P. SANTOS

Unlocking the potential of private forests for carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, and livelihoods in Nepal  R. JOSHI, H. ZHANG, T. MARASENI,

N. DHAKAL, J. GAUTAM, H. SINGH and H. ADHIKARI

Youth knowledge, engagement, and challenges in forest management and governance in Africa: a literature review  C. WEKESA, A. ROOS, D. GITONGA,

L. POPOOLA, D. MUTTA, M-L. AVANA-TIENTCHEU, C. MARK-HERBERT, F. BABALOLA, J. CHEBOIWO and P. MBILE

Empirical analysis of the links between China’s forest product imports and tropical forest loss  X. SUN, A.L. HAMMETT and R. BUSH

Book review

Resilient Forest Management by Philip J. Burton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lead
• How will we meet global wood demand?
 

Essay
CFA Voices

 

Forest Scenes
• Carbon offsets are failing
• Invitation to Consortium on Legacy Forest Information Resources
• Nitrogen fixing
• Roots of resilience
• Strengthening forest concessions in Peru
• The lost forests of Sindh
• Tree bark microbiome

 

Around the World


 

Latest News

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