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CPF: Promoting sustainable forest management

An innovative interagency partnership on forests, comprising 14 international organizations, institutions and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests

Year of publication 2015

Pages 16 p.

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) By bringing together entities within and outside the UN system whose shared objective is to promote sustainable forest management, CPF has produced widely recognized results and enhanced the work of its members in areas such as forest finance, sustainable forest management,reporting, scientific analysis, representation at global events and forest communication. It has proved to be a highly effective platform for launching coordinated action on forests at the global level.

Language English

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