The International Partnership for Forestry Education (IPFE) is a not-for-profit, voluntary partnership to address the challenges and opportunities facing university-level forestry education globally. IPFE facilitates collaboration, and sharing of information, experiences, resources and skills, for education about forests and forestry.

Vision

Our vision is forestry education that is contemporary, locally-relevant and globally connected, and responsive to the global development agenda.

Mission

IPFE is a global network to assist university-level forestry education to meet society's needs. It facilitates partnerships between university forestry educators and other relevant institutions to jointly improve the quality and relevance of forestry education programmes.

Priorities:

• sharing learning and experiences of curricula, courses, methods and joint programming;
• strengthening and connecting regional networks in order to share knowledge and address needs;
• partnering with student bodies to learn from, support and enhance their learning;
• fostering dialogue among diverse interests about forests and forestry education;
• enhancing societies' understanding of forests and forestry; a key role for universities;

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