The Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) represents Brazil at the Ibero-American Model Forest Network (IAMFN) since June 10, 2010. The IAMFN promotes cooperation between Model Forests from 13 countries, enabling the exchange of knowledge and experiences between communities, government institutions and non-governmental organizations, for the improvement of public policies related to sustainable management of natural resources.
The entrance of SFB was approved unanimously during the IAMFN board of director's meeting, on June 10, which followed the Ibero-American Model Forest Seminar held in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais State, on June 8 and 9.
A Model Forest has a governance model that turns the interests and needs of the communities into strategies for the sustainable development. Currently, the IAMFN comprises 25 Model Forests from 13 countries. In Brazil, there are two Model Forests, both in Minas Gerais, being managed by the Minas Gerais State Forestry Institute.
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