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  1. Research & Impact
  2. Centers, Programs, and Initiatives
  3. The Forests Dialogue (TFD)

The Forests Dialogue (TFD)

The Forests Dialogue provides a platform for ongoing, multi-stakeholder conversations focused on collaborative solutions to challenges in achieving sustainable forest management and forest conservation.

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    The Forests Dialogue (TFD) was created in 2000 to provide international leaders in the forest sector with an ongoing, multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) platform and process focused on developing mutual trust, a shared understanding, and collaborative solutions to challenges in achieving sustainable forest management and forest conservation around the world.
    The Forests Dialogue website

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    Related Learning Communities

    The Forests Dialogue’s work is centered in areas related to both the Foresty, and the People, Equity, and the Environment learning communities.

    Explore People Equity and the Environment

    Fmers learning techniques to use silvopastoral systems
    Centers & Programs

    Environmental Leadership Training Initiative (ELTI)

    In critical natural landscapes rich in biodiversity, ELTI empowers local leaders to design and implement land use practices and initiatives that protect tropical forests and the livelihoods of local landowners and their communities.

    Tropical Resources Institute
    Centers & Programs

    Tropical Resources Institute (TRI)

    The Tropical Resources Institute supports student research and on-campus programming aimed at solutions to complex challenges within the conservation and management of tropical environments.

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    Centers & Programs

    Yale Forest Forum (YFF)

    The hub of communications and engagement for The Forest School, the Yale Forest Forum brings together a diverse group of leaders in forestry and forest policy through regular events and programs.