The Global Forest Information Service (GFIS), an initiative of the CPF, was led by IUFRO, to collect and displays forest-related information from 350+ partner organizations in
a single gateway.
The goals of the initiative were to enhance access to all types of forest information, ensuring accessibility to all stakeholders, including governments, researchers, forest managers, NGOs, community groups and the public at large, while improving understanding of forest-related issues, to better decision making and improve public engagement in forest policy and management.
Partnerships with institutions related to forests and forestry create a comprehensive and structured storage of information accessible to GFIS users while simultaneously promoting the institutions themselves. With a growing number of information providers, the GFIS gateway has grown to be a highly respected source for information and bringing increased traffic flows to its partners.
