This presentation introduces the International Analog Forestry Network, its secretariat, and the partners around the world that make it up.

1. The International Analog Forestry Network
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

2. Who we are
• Established in 1996
• A network of partners around the world
• Common objective: to restore ecosystems'
environmental stability and biodiversity
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

3. Our Partners
Canada: Falls Brook Centre
Peru: Arbio
Cameroon: Centre for
Nursery Development and
Eru Propagation
Sri Lanka: Rainforest
Rescue International
Costa Rica: Centro de Capacitación
de Bosques Análogo
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

4. Netherlands:
Both ENDS
Canada: Falls
Brook Centre
Belgium:
WeForest
France:
Guayapi
USA: Grayson
LandCare;
Institute for
Cultural Ecology;
Care of Earth
Cuba: Agroforestry
Research Institute
Honduras: FUCSA
Costa Rica: ARBOFILIA; CCBA;
Eco Era
Colombia:
AMICHOCO
Ecuador:
ClimAmbiente
Philippines: NTFP-EP
Dominican Republic:
ENDA-Dom
Togo: Les
Compagnons
Ruraux
Cameroon:
CENDEP
India: India
Development Project;
Sahajasamrudha
Sri Lanka:
Conservation Carbon
Company; F.G.P; FSHS;
Rainforest Rescue
International
Brazil: Consorcio dos
Productores Sateré-Mawé
Peru: Arbio
The International Analog Forestry Network – where we are
Australia: Ballarat Tree
Growers; Total Ecosystem
Management

5. The world’s life support systems are threatened by deforestation, monoculture
plantations, landgrabs and the degradation of forest ecosystems, all of which
should be seen as opportunities for restoration.

6. Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

7. What we do
• Restore the productivity of
degraded land and provide new
sources of food and income to
local people
• Support interventions for small
farmers and indigenous
communies in developing
countries to maintain and restore
their forests while improving their
income and livelihoods
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

8. Actions
• Promote and teach the
Analog Forestry
methodology
• Train for land
restoration and
sustainable living
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

9. Actions
• Bring back biodiversity and
build healthy soils, taking
the entire ecosystem into
account
• Represent the services
provided by natural, biodiverse
ecosystems, reflecting the true
value of forests.
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

10. Actions
• Promote ways of living with the
land provide for human needs
while reducing pressure on the
environment
• Strengthen rural communities
socially and economically
through the use of species that
provide commercial products
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

11. Actions
• Promoting the value and functions
of natural products
• Value-added certification
systems such as Forest Garden
Products and Participatory
Guarantee Systems
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

12. IAFN Secretariat
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

13. IAFN Secretariat
• Communication hub of the network
• Repository of information on Analog Forestry
• Coordination of trainings and site development
• Involved in research, education, and
fundraising activities related to the promotion
of Analog Forestry worldwide
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.

14. Community work in Costa Rica:
•
Environmental
education
•
Tree planting and
urban agriculture
•
Seed and plant
exchanges

15. Thank you!
Restoring the planet’s life-support systems.