ABOUT US
OUR MISSION
Bringing people together to develop forest economies that support resilient forests and thriving local economies.
OUR PURPOSE
CSFEP helps low- and middle-income countries in the Global South develop regional forest product industries that support forests, local prosperity, and climate adaptation and mitigation.
OUR IMPACT
CSFEP’s work is designed to achieve two long-term impacts:
Resilient Forests
Local communities and forest managers have the resources to adapt their forests to climate change through improved management, restoration, and reforestation.
Healthy, Green Economies
Thriving sustainable forest economies, and the many local business ventures within them, will provide livelihoods and support communities, creating benefits for people, landscapes, and the climate.
WHAT MAKES CSFEP UNIQUE? WE:
Put forests first
Take a holistic approach
Work in the Global South
Connect local and global experts
Focus on implementation, rather than theory
CSFEP is currently building out its full network model, which has 3 elements:
1
A clear GOVERNANCE structure that provides guidance, vision, and leadership
—and ensures standards are upheld
2
SUPPORT from staff and advisory board members tasked with stewarding the coalitions and learning community
3
ACTION spaces where coalitions and learning community members can work together on ambitious initiatives
OUR STORY: A LEARNING JOURNEY
Although we are a young organisation, we have already been through many phases.
At each stage, we consider what we have learned—and how we can utilise this learning to grow, change, and amplify our impact.
So in 2020, with backing from the Good Energies Foundation, a coalition that included the World Resources Institute, The Nature Conservancy, the World Economic Forum, and EIT Climate-KIC set out on a three-year journey to test their hypothesis.
Our story begins in 2019, when several global nonprofits began asking:
Can forest product industries, such as biobased construction, be used to fund improved forest management?
CSFEP’s founders thought the answer was “yes"—but only if there was a deeper connection between forest products industries and their source forests.
OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL
OUR STRUCTURE
CSFEP is a fiscally-sponsored program of Dalberg Catalyst, a U.S.-based 501(c)3. Dalberg Catalyst provides accounting; human resources; grants management services; legal and fiscal oversight; and critical thought partnership and connections to CSFEP. This support ensures CSFEP staff can focus on mission fulfilment while simultaneously ensuring legal and fiscal compliance.
Meanwhile, direct programmatic oversight is provided by CSFEP’s Advisory Council, a small team experts in the regenerative forest economy space who meet monthly to provide direction to the CSFEP Program Director.
OUR FUNDING PARTNERS
Our work would not be possible without the generous support of our funding partners:
