The Center for the Future of Forests and Society (CFFS) is a 15-member advisory council that shapes the College of Forestry’s research agendas focused on forestry, forest ecosystems and sustainable resource management. The Center advises the dean of the College — who also serves as director of the Forest Research Laboratory (FRL), the state-funded research arm of the College — and helps guide FRL priorities that direct legislative funding to projects serving Oregon’s forests, communities and economy.
CFFS fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, advances equity and integrates diverse knowledge systems to produce research that is inclusive, impactful and responsive to the complex challenges facing forests and the communities that rely on them. As part of the College of Forestry’s 2023-2027 strategic plan, CFFS supports the goal of funding research and conducting science outreach with realistic goals for what can be accomplished over the next 10 years. CFFS prioritizes efforts that bring together an inclusive array of minds, strategies and knowledge to collaboratively address complex issues that cannot be solved in isolation.
Through CFFS, the College promotes interdisciplinary science, interwoven with Traditional Ecological Knowledge and other ways of knowing, to holistically address the challenges the forestry and natural resource sectors are facing in Oregon and across the globe. CFFS is guided by the following:
- Vision — our reality by 2030
Thriving forest ecosystems, economies, and communities in Oregon and beyond. - Mission — the work we do
To advance systems-based science and knowledge to ensure the resiliency of our forests, inform sustainable forest management practices and positively impact society. - Purpose — why we do this work
To ensure forests provide for societal and ecological well-being. - Values — our code of conduct
Integrity | Sustainability | Humility | Forward Thinking | Impact