# THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1137523
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07293440](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07293440)
- **Registered:** Aug. 17, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1137523


## Contact

- **Address:** Proforest, South Suite, Frewin Court, Frewin Court, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX1 3HZ
- **Phone:** 01865 243439
- **Email:** info@theproforestinitiative.org
- **Website:** www.proforestinitiative.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES.(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS ¶DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.÷ 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

**Activities:** Concerned with sustainable production and sourcing of agricultural and forest commodities. Work is delivered through programmes - global level - providing technical support to multi-stakeholder initiatives, using partnerships to develop capacity and  innovating approaches for smallholder development - regional level - addressing deforestation, climate change and sustainable economic development.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Indonesia
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Malaysia
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Christopher Alexander Elliott** | Chair | March 18, 2022 |
| Bengt Anders Lindhe |  | March 18, 2022 |
| Jenny Elizabeth McInnes |  | March 26, 2026 |




