The FFI team is working with governments, citizens' groups, and the private sector in Amazonia, Central Africa, Indonesia, North America, and Russia. We also take part in pressing international discussions on forest policy. We are motivated by the belief that there is a responsible way to use forests. We also see growing interest in finding alternatives to forest destruction that take advantage of the full economic potential of forests, not just immediate revenue from logging and forest clearing.
Business has a leading role to play.
We are developing case studies with innovative firms to demonstrate to others the business impacts and opportunities that sustainability presents. We are also working to strengthen the Forest Stewardship Council, which promotes consumer awareness about products from well-managed forests by certifying wood products from them. For each frontier forest region, FFI builds a network of policy-makers, activists, investors, and researchers to promote policy reform. To spark policy change and stimulate stewardship more generally, we will collect and disseminate more information as it becomes available. We are also working to build the capacity of local non-governmental groups to do the same.