Between 1990 and 2015, the world lost some 129 million ha of forest.

1. ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY
ORGANIZATIONS

8. Between 1990 and 2015, the world lost some
129 million ha of forest.

9. CFA – Commonwealth Forestry Association
CFI – Community Forestry International
CIFOR – Center for International Forest Research
FCI – World Forestry Center
FOEI – Friend of the Earth International
FSC – Forest Stewardship Council
GFC – Global Forest Coalition
GPI – Greenpeace International

10. ICRAF – World Agro forestry Center
IPFE – International Partnership for Forestry Education
ITTO – International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUFRO – International Union of Forest Research Organizations
WWF – World Wide Fund For Nature

11. WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE
(WWF)
Type :International Non-governmental
Organization.
Founded In :961
Focus Area :Environmentalism, Conservation,
Ecology.

12.  World's largest conservation organizations.
 Switzerland (organizational structure).
 More than 80 countries around the world.
 Invested around us$11.5 billion in more than
13,000 projects.

13. IT'S ROLE
 Its mission is "to half and reverse the destruction of our
environment".
 Its work focuses on the conservation of forests.
 Its mission to: “Stop the degradation of the planet’s
natural environment and to build a future in which
humans live in harmony with nature.
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source: www.panda.org

14. The integrity of the world’s most important
forests, including their benefits to human well
being, is enhanced and maintained.
WWF advocates Zero Net Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (ZNDD) by 2020.

16. Community Forestry International, Inc. (CFI)
assists rural communities to stabilize and regenerate
forests by helping policy makers, development
agencies and NGOs. (Canada)

17. • CFI projects support forest dependent communities
as sustainable managers of the world’s forest ecosystems.
• Provide financial incentives for reducing emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation .
• CFI is involved with helping to support community-based
projects to alleviate poverty and increase greater
sustainability of forest resources.

19. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
INTERNATIONAL(FoEI)
Type : International
Founded In : 1969
Focus Area : Environmental and
human rights
Headquarters :UK

20. • Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on
societies living in harmony with nature.
• They believe that “our children's future will be better
because of what we do”.
• They led to a massive increase in large-scale plantations,
triggering further deforestation.

21. • It works with local communities and indigenous peoples to
conserve forests, and strengthen communities’ rights and
community management of forests.
• We urgently need to protect the forests in our fight for a
sustainable future for everybody.

23. To reduce poverty amongst indigenous peoples and
other forest-dependent peoples, by advocating the
rights of these peoples as a basis for forest policy
and addressing the direct and underlying causes of
deforestation and forest degradation.

24. • To raise public awareness on deforestation and forest
degradation.
• Addressing the underlying causes of deforestation and
forest degradation.
• To develop solution-oriented approaches towards
addressing the underlying causes of deforestation and
forest degradation.

25. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)
Type : International
Founded In : 1992
Focus Area : Nature Conservation

26. IT’S ROLE
 Forest conservation (primarily protected areas and
buffer zones).
 Sustainable use of Forest.
 Sustainable forest management (addressing forests
and trees in the wider landscape).

28. THE WORLD AGRO FORESTRY
Type : International
Founded In : 1978
Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
Focus Area : Rural transformation

29. IT’S ROLE
 To generate science-based knowledge about the diverse
benefits - both direct and indirect – of agro forestry, or
trees in farming systems.
 To disseminate this knowledge to develop policy options
and promote policies and practices that improve
livelihoods and benefit the environment.

31. IUFRO is “the global network for forest science
cooperation”. It unites more than 15,000 scientists
in almost 700 Member Organizations in over 110
countries, and is a member of ICSU. Scientists
cooperate in IUFRO on a voluntary basis.

32. • Development of science-based solutions to forest-
related challenges for the benefit of forests and
people worldwide.
• Forest and forest product research
• It is a non-governmental organization with a long
tradition of 1892.

33. • It is the only world-wide international
organization devoted to forests and related
sciences.
• It contributes to the promotion of science in the
formulation of forest-related policies.

36. The International Forestry Students'
Association is a non political, non religious
and not for profit organization that brings
together forestry students from all over the
world in a wide spectrum of activities.

37. INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR
CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND
NATURAL RESOURCES (IUCN)
Type : World’s First Global Environmental
Organization.
Founded In : 1948
Focus Area : Nature Conservation, Biodiversity,
Nature-based solutions.

38. IT'S ROLE:
– To promote mutually beneficial conservation
arrangements.
– Aims to mobilize communities working for biodiversity
conservation, sustainable development and poverty
reduction.
– Valuing and Conserving Nature.
– Deploying Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges
in Climate, Food and Development.
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source: www.iucn.org

39. FAUNAAND FLORA
INTERNATIONAL (FFI)
Type : International Conservation Charity And
Non-governmental Organization.
Founded In : 1951
Focus Area : Safeguard the Future of Southern Africa’s
Mammals.

40. IT'S ROLE
Building local capacity for conservation
Integrating biodiversity and human needs
Direct protection of species and habitats
Securing land for conservation
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source: www.fauna-flora.org

41. FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
(FSC)
Type : International
Founded In : 1993
Focus Area : Sustainable Forestry.

42. IT'S ROLE
– Its main tools for achieving responsible management of the forests
are standard setting, certification and labelling of forest products.
– Aims to “provide businesses and consumers with a tool to influence
how forests worldwide are managed”.
– Its mission is to “promote environmentally appropriate, socially
beneficial and economically viable management of the world's
forests”.
– It works towards six program areas: Forests, Chain of Custody,
Social Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation, Quality Assurance and
Ecosystem Services.
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source: www.fsc.org

44. By,
VENKATESH R