Outlook Sessions: Trends Influencing the Future of Sustainable Forest Management

The Institute convenes annual "futuring" sessions to examine important ecological, economic and social trends likely to affect the future of forests and forestry. Major factors such as globalization and technology are quietly reshaping the environment in which industry, government, communities and conservation organizations are pursuing the goal of sustainable natural resource management.

Our goal is to catalyze discussion among different forest stakeholders about important trends, and stimulate strategic thinking about how the forestry community can best approach emerging issues and future challenges.

2007 Session: Forests, Climate Change and Bioenergy

2006 Session: Outlook for New Developments in Sustainable Forest Management

Project Leader: V. Alaric Sample, President