A new call for grants has opened for the FORWARDS website.

G-05-2025 is entitled Citizen and Stakeholder Engagement in Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) and Forest Restoration. This grant call seeks to foster the development of inclusive initiatives that encourage citizen and stakeholder participation in Climate Smart Forestry (CSF) decision-making processes and forest restoration at forest management or policy level. Specifically, it aims to strengthen participatory governance, supporting the development of structures and processes that actively engage citizens and stakeholders in the development of forest management and restoration strategies, on forest holdings or at governance levels.

Deadline: 12 October 2025.

Further details and submission guidelines can be found on EFI’s website: G-05-2025

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