Supporting organisations

We are proud to have the support of organizations such as the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Their participation strengthens our mission to promote international and inter-jurisdictional collaboration to improve the quality, scope and impact of university forestry education in Latin America.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global technical organization that aims, among other things, to establish linkages between environmental conservation, economic opportunity and human well-being. It was founded in 1982 and currently has nearly 1,800 employees worldwide. Its national offices are in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States, and its regional offices are in Africa and Europe.

WRI focuses its activity on several themes to achieve systemic change at the global level and in focal countries, such as Cities, Climate, Energy, Natural Resources, Food, Water and the Ocean. The impact of its programs is strengthened by analyzing and designing solutions with governance, finance, business, economic and gender perspectives.

The Institute works with leaders and decision makers to implement actions, policies and projects. It scales its actions through knowledge management, capacity building and advocacy.

It currently works on Cities, Climate and Energy and Natural Resources in the Spanish-speaking offices in Colombia and Mexico.

Website: https://www.wri.org/

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists that promotes global cooperation in forest-related research and enhances understanding of the ecological, economic and social aspects of forests.

IUFRO IUFRO's main purpose is to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. The core values of Excellence, Networking, Diversity and Integrity guide its work. It achieves these objectives through networking activities, including the generation, exchange and dissemination of scientific knowledge and practices; through access to relevant information; and by assisting scientists and institutions to strengthen their research capacities.

Active since 1892, it currently has more than 630 member organizations, more than 15,000 scientists, 800 volunteer coordinators and a presence in 115 countries.

Website: https://www.iufro.org/

The Argentine Network of Forestry Science and Technology (REDFOR.ar) is a joint initiative of institutions related to Forestry Sciences, made up of teachers, researchers and institutions related to forestry education, science and technology.

The initiative to create this NETWORK arises from the fact that forests are becoming increasingly important in economic, social and environmental terms, both in Argentina and in the rest of the world. With this perspective, REDFOR.ar aims to contribute to professional training, research and transfer policies on issues related to the conservation and sustainable management of forests and forest lands, the welfare of the people who depend on them, the achievement of other sustainable development objectives and forest-industrial development.

Its mission is to articulate and strengthen the scientific-technical capacities existing in Argentina to enhance and promote sustainable forestry development, while its objective is to coordinate actions for the generation and transfer of scientific-technical knowledge related to the forestry sector.

It brings together the main educational and forestry research institutions in Argentina with the function of facilitating collaboration in forestry science and technology among all its member organizations and with those that, without doing so, are part of the decision making and management of the Argentine forestry sector.

Website: https://redforestal.conicet.gov.ar/

Reforestamos México is a Mexican civil organization that focuses on the conservation and restoration of forests and jungles for the sustainable development of the country. Its main objective is to stop deforestation, encourage sustainable forest management and promote the integral restoration of the landscape, in addition to promoting a culture of respect and admiration for trees. Its mission is to ensure more and better forests to promote sustainable development in Mexico, with the vision that forests will be allies in achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals.

Its lines of action are focused, among others, on:

• Landscape restoration, conservation of forests and natural protected areas, and promotion of environmental connectivity, both at rural and urban levels, promoting the conservation of biological corridors.

• Sustainable forest management, promoting forest management practices that allow the conservation of natural resources, as well as sustainable development, supporting entrepreneurship and green finance, as well as corporate social responsibility in relation to forests.

• Education and culture, promoting a culture of respect and admiration for trees and forest ecosystems.

• Collaboration networks, fostering collaboration between entrepreneurs who implement forest projects, technology developers and other stakeholders, as well as community support, working with community and ethnic groups, promoting sustainable practices and the conservation of natural resources.

Website: https://www.reforestamosmexico.org/