A Global Partnership for Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

...including leaves, fruits and vegetables. In the forests surrounding Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia, for example, Rosalina Heni [pictured] often feeds her family with the plants she forages, including pantok palm-tree shoots. Micronutrient-rich diets like this stave off malnutrition. 

Many people rely on tree products to earn a living. The women in this picture are buying and selling meats and vegetables which are only found in their native forests. 

Trees trap carbon, release oxygen,  promote biodiversity, regulate the water cycle, prevent erosion, fertilize the soil and much more. Mangroves like the ones pictured here are especially remarkable providers of ecosystem services. 

Firewood and charcoal are especially valuable in sub-Saharan Africa where nearly 60 percent of households use wood for their daily cooking and other energy needs. The merchants in this picture are transporting charcoal to Kisangani city, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 

...as human activity has already degraded and deforested large areas of land.

...so that trees, people and the rest of the environment exist in harmony. 

Farmers, indigenous groups, donors and policy makers have already begun working together to transition towards healthier, more sustainable landscapes. 

Together with our managing partners, we provide innovative research, technical solutions, training, monitoring and policy support where it is most needed. 

...with the support of its generous donors, 

— both local and global —

...to participate in key decision-making processes.  Their voices in policy help ensure that the benefits from trees and forests are fairly shared regardless of class, status or ethnicity.