About us

Vision & Mission

Sustainably used tropical forests, like natural forests, make an indispensable contribution to preserving biodiversity, maintaining the Earth’s water cycle and storing CO2. Sustainable forest management in the tropics thus contributes to the climate stability of our planet. As an alternative to the widespread slash-and-burn for the subsistence farming of indigenous peoples, it also provides a livelihood for the growing local population.

Our Vision…

… is to preserve tropical forests and their vital functions on a long-term basis by enhancing the value of their ecosystem services and through innovative and sustainable forest management.

PRECIOUS FORESTS FOUNDATION therefore supports projects that make the globally vital contribution of tropical forests visible and measurable and improve sustainable forest management through application-oriented innovations and concretely implementable measures, thus contributing to the preservation through the sustainable use of tropical forests.

Our Mission …

… is the scientifically based processing of information and the research and valorisation of the ecosystem services of tropical forests. This work leads to new knowledge and concrete innovations for sustainable forest management in the tropics and thus serves the long-term preservation and multiple sustainable use of tropical forests.

History of the foundation

The Precious Forests Foundation is a non-profit, denominationally and politically neutral Swiss foundation with headquarters in Zurich. Precious Forests Foundation was established by Precious Woods Holding (www.preciouswoods.com) and Hoja Verde in May 2018.