Transforming Forest Management: Six Lessons for Practitioners from an Independent Evaluation of CIF’s Forest Investment Program (FIP)

CIF's Forest Investment Program (FIP), launched in 2009, aims to transform forest policies and practices to strengthen forest management and reduce deforestation and forest degradation. An independent learning-focused mid-term evaluation of the CIF’s forestry portfolio and it’s Dedicated Grant Mechanism (DGM), was conducted to assess (i) what elements of the FIP and DGM worked; (ii) what elements didn’t work; (iii) the individuals and groups who benefited; and (iv) the specific contexts in which these outcomes occurred. Based on summarized findings from the independent evaluation, this brief presents six lessons for practitioners to use from design to delivery of forestry programs.