International Non-Governmental Organizations and Initiatives
Good working relations with other science organizations and the non-scientific community are essential for promoting the achievements of IUFRO and for effectively responding to the needs of potential users of scientific information.
Based on this conviction, IUFRO is co-operating with a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and initiatives, e.g. in convening international meetings and in preparing joint contributions for international processes. IUFRO has been closely collaborating with other major groups of civil society in the preparation of contributions of the scientific and technological communities to the multi-stakeholder processes at the third and fourth session of UNFF, for example.
Selected links of IUFRO with non-governmental organizations and initiatives:
- IUFRO is a Scientific Union Member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). It participates in interdisciplinary initiatives of ICSU as well as in activities of ICSU Regional Offices.
- IUFRO is a partner in the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration and aims to serve the Partnership as a source of scientific expertise and expert opinion.
- It has established Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with a number of international NGOs, such as the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
- IUFRO has also established a MoU with the International Forestry Students’s Association (IFSA)and promotes involvement of students in its activities. For example, IUFRO offers traineeships for international forest students at the IUFRO Headquarters as part of the IFSA Exchange Program.
IUFRO has also been closely collaborating with other major groups of civil society in the preparation of contributions of the scientific and technological communities to the multi-stakeholder processes at the third and fourth session of UNFF, for example.
IUFRO aims at further strengthening its relationships and strategic alliances with the broader NGO community and at working with these networks and organizations to deal swiftly with emerging international, regional and national issues and priorities.
