Objectives: The goal of ETFRN is to ensure that European research contributes to conservation and sustainable management of forests and tree resources in tropics, subtropics & Mediterranean.
ETFRN aims to achieve its goal by: 1) Promoting forest research partnerships and collaboration between the South and Europe. 2) Developing and promoting dialogue between researchers, policy makers, and forest managers and others influencing the forest environment. 3) Promoting increased coherence and co-ordination of European research capability in tropical forest research
The main objectives of the Tropenbos Foundation are: 1)To contribute to the conservation and wise use of tropical rainforests, by generating relevant knowledge, deepening insights, and testing methods for forest policy and management. 2) to involve local research institutions and to strengthen research capacity in tropical rainforest countries.