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 - December 2024  

CFA Newsletter - December 2024

Papers

Associations between forest harvest scheduling and artificial intelligence P. BETTINGER, K. RASHEED, F. MAIER and K. MERRY

Height-diameter models: a comprehensive review with new insights on relationships to generalized linear models and differential equations B.G. DA SILVA, C.G.B. DEMÉTRIO, R.A. SERMARINI, G. MOLENBERGHS, G. VERBEKE, A. BEHLING, ERG. MARQUES, Y. ACCIOLY and M.A. FIGURA

Is the forest moratorium merely a mirage? A case study on the effectiveness of the forest moratorium in Riau Province, Indonesia M.H. DAULAY, EGI. S, A.T. RAZAK, K.A. MAKHAS, F. IDRIS, R. RAMADHAN and N. QOMAR

An analysis of the availability, supply and demand of illegal mangrove wood in the Artisanal Port of Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire K.O. DIEN and B.T.A. VROH

Participatory forest management as an approach to forest management and conservation: a case study of Al-Dalu and Al-Tomama Natural Forests in Sharg Al-Neel Locality, Khartoum State, Sudan A.E.M. ELZUBAIR, S.M. FADUAL and M. AWAD ELKARIUM

Economic valuation of forest conservation: insight from a current systematic literature review N.H. HASSIN, M. KAMALUDIN, A.A. AZLINA, R. MAT ALIPIAH and S. ROSLE

Reviewing the ambiguity in the socio-economic outcomes of large-scale tree plantation investments: reconciling decades of contrasting evidence from sub-Saharan Africa A. KAINYANDE, K.S. HINTZ, S. KYAMAGERO, E. AUCH and L. GIESSEN

Stakeholders’ perceptions of factors affecting timber smuggling in the Hyrcanian forest in Iran M.H. MOAYERI, H. MOHAMMADI KANGARANI, G. ABDOLLAHZADEH and M.R. SHAHRAKI

Research Note

Report of fifth rotation growth of Pinus patula in Eswatini J. EVANS

 

Lead
• We need more wood!


Association News
• NEW essay competition (cash prize)
• Free books


Forest Scenes
• Leaving 215M ha of forest
• Deforestation ‘roaring back’
• Engaging scientists
• Horsepower
• Mature trees offer hope
• Revitalising Nepal’s community forestry
• Forest rangers saving Solomon Islands
• Super black wood
• Urban forests help reduce human mortality
• VR separates wood from the trees

Publications
• Healing plants of South Asia
• Forests, trees and wild species in agrifood systems

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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