·         Promoting effective forest management that leads to forest sustainability;

·         Valuing and respecting the professional expertise of the forest community;

·         Engaging and committing to the accountability of  professional forest managers through applications, project  work reports, annual audits, and field visits;

·         Committing to the consistent achievement of effective forest management;

·         Creating an open and transparent operational agency;

·         Maintaining a cost-effective agency to oversee the disbursement of funds from the Trust.

Values:

·           Excellence and accountability

·           Mutual respect

·           Active participation by our partners

·           Consensus decision making

·           Transparency and openness

·           Fairness and equity (eg., all SFL holders have equal opportunity to access funds from the Trust)

·           Fiscal responsibility

·           Focus on the forest