Tropenbos Suriname is a knowledge based and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that is committed to the sustainable management and preservation of the forest. We respond to the need for knowledge, capacity enhancement, and organizational reinforcement. Being a knowledge broker, Tropenbos Suriname applies information to reach desired goals, and participates in dialogue to change policies and improve landscape-level practices, governance, trade, and finance.

Our work contributes to generating and bringing together different types of knowledge on forests, climate, ecosystem services, and users of the forest. We also focus on the relationship between the aforementioned topics. Furthermore, we focus on exploring and recording traditional management systems and how these systems are connected with the central management system of the government.

We conduct research and collect and create academic and traditional knowledge and information. This is transformed into useable products and tools for different stakeholders. We always execute projects together with partners, promoting evidence-based dialogue and participation in many national-level seminars and workshops.

The Tropenbos International network
Each independent member organization of Tropenbos International shares a common vision and mission, as well as a common focus and approach. Each member organization operates in a national program that is tailored to the specific local context and related conditions. The other network member organizations are in Indonesia, Vietnam, Ghana, the DR Congo, Colombia, and the coordination office is in Wageningen, the Netherlands.