Collaborative Partnership on Forests
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is an innovative interagency government and non-government partnership on forests. It was established in April 2001 in response to an invitation issued to prospective members in the resolution of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) that established the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF). The Partnership is comprised of fourteen international organisations and institutions that have substantial programs on forests. The objectives of the CPF are to support the UNFF and its member countries and to enhance cooperation and coordination on forest issues. A CPF Network has been established to help facilitate interaction with a wide range of other interested parties involved in forests, including NGOs, private sector entities and other major groups.
The important contributions of the Partnership have been recognised in recent United Nations Forum on Forests resolutions and decisions. The Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests calls for further support to CPF to develop and implement joint initiatives, while the Forum’s multi-year program of work for the period 2007-2015 calls upon CPF to develop synergies and explore possibilities for joint activities to achieve sustainable forest management, the global objectives on forests and implementation of the forest instrument.
Over the past year the Partnership has embarked on new joint initiatives on financing for sustainable forest management, forests and climate change and forest degradation. The CPF is also continuing to develop and expand existing joint initiatives relating to the Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management, global forest expert panels, the streamlining of forest-related reporting, a global forest information service, and the Partnership website. CPF members engage in other collaborative activities related to improving forest governance and law enforcement, research in forest landscape mosaics, monitoring, assessment and reporting, forest landscape restoration and rehabilitation of degraded lands, public communication and outreach, and forestry education.
The important contributions of the Partnership have been recognised in recent United Nations Forum on Forests resolutions and decisions. The Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests calls for further support to CPF to develop and implement joint initiatives, while the Forum’s multi-year program of work for the period 2007-2015 calls upon CPF to develop synergies and explore possibilities for joint activities to achieve sustainable forest management, the global objectives on forests and implementation of the forest instrument.
Over the past year the Partnership has embarked on new joint initiatives on financing for sustainable forest management, forests and climate change and forest degradation. The CPF is also continuing to develop and expand existing joint initiatives relating to the Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management, global forest expert panels, the streamlining of forest-related reporting, a global forest information service, and the Partnership website. CPF members engage in other collaborative activities related to improving forest governance and law enforcement, research in forest landscape mosaics, monitoring, assessment and reporting, forest landscape restoration and rehabilitation of degraded lands, public communication and outreach, and forestry education.
Last reviewed: 28 Sep 2009
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