“Forestis –The Forestry Association of Portugal, is a national, nonprofit and public utility associative movement. It was founded in 1992 to actively support management, advocacy and associativism in private and community forests. As a result of its activity, in 2001 was recognized as being equivalent to a Non-Governmental Organization of the Environment. Currently, it has 31 associated Forestry Proprietary Organizations (OPF), with a subregional scope, that represent and technically support more than 17,500 forest owners.”
The consultation panel is coordinated by the Mediterranean Regional Office of the European Forest Institute EFIMED
These stakeholders participate in the definition of the MEDfOR contents according to their perception of professional needs, and in the promotion of the MEDfOR programme. The MEDfOR consultation panel contributes to enhance and strengthen the interaction of the MEDfOR with stakeholders and the Mediterranean forest community.
The consultation panel includes the following key stakeholders:
“The International Association for Mediterranean Forests (AIFM) is an international and interdisciplinary non-governmental organization founded in 1996, dedicated to knowledge, sustainable management and protection of Mediterranean forest ecosystems. It set as its goal to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience on forests and other wooded lands of the Mediterranean basin. Its core business is the leading and coordination of networks in the Mediterranean, participation in the Collaborative Partnership on Mediterranean Forests (CPMF) and cooperation projects engineering.”
“The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
WWF has teams of experts working in over 100 countries to protect the natural resources that sustain and inspire us: our forests, rivers, ocean, climate, food and wildlife. WWF harnesses the collective power of supporters around the world, communities, companies and governments to create real solutions for people and the planet themselves.”
“The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Their goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.”
