The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is a global community of practice whose members and supporters work toward a common goal: the sustainable management of forest-based landscapes through the model forest approach. The IMFN is comprised of all member model forests in existence or under development around the world.

Model forests are based on an innovative approach that combines the social, cultural and economic needs of local communities with the long-term sustainability of forest landscapes.

CONNECTIONS is a theme-based newsletter produced twice yearly by the IMFN Secretariat on behalf of the Network membership. Our current focus is on Non-Timber Forest Products in the IMFN (PDF).

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IMFN International Networking Committee Key Considerations
In February, the IMFN Networking Committee (INC) met in Joensuu, Finland to review proposed Network Initiatives, agree on priority areas and a process for moving forward on the Initiatives, and to develop a draft work plan for networking activities...

M &E Process Reveals Significant Progress in Alto Malleco Model Forest, Chile
From September to December 2008 the Araucarias del Alto Malleco Model Forest (AAMF) in Chile undertook a participatory evaluation and strategic planning process...

IMFN Circumboreal Initiative Short- and Medium-term Priorities Identified
Representatives from Canada, Finland and Sweden met in February to identify research questions and priorities of transnational significance within the circumboreal region that have potential to be effectively addressed through model forests and other similar sites...

FAO Selects Jujuy Model Forest Project as "Exemplary Case of Sustainable Forest Management"
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been developing the project "In Search of Exemplary Cases of Sustainable Forest Management" since 2007 with the purpose of disseminating the methods and results of best practices to other forests and countries in Latin American and the Caribbean...

Mediterranean Model Forest Network Holds First General Assembly
The Mediterranean Model Forest Network (MMFN) held its first formal Assembly on March 11-13, 2009 in Valladolid, Spain. The meeting was hosted by the Junta de Castilla y Leon, and was co-organized with the IMFN Secretariat...

Mediterranean Network Awarded EC Funding
The European Commission (EC) recently approved 1.35 million Euros over 3 years to enhance forest policy coordination through implementation of the model forest concept...

A Healthy Landscape Approach: Foothills Releases New Natural Disturbance Reports
The Foothills Research Institute Natural Disturbance Program has published two new reports. The first report is titled "The Healthy Landscape Approach to Land Management."  The Natural Disturbance Program proposes a Healthy Landscape Approach as an alternative land management model that focuses on ecosystem health as a primary and common management objective...

Farewell to CUSO-VSO Cooperant Segenet Tessema
In March 2009, the IAMFN Management Team bid farewell to Segenet Tessema, a CUSO-VSO cooperant that supported the Regional Network in the area of resource mobilization for nine months...

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