BACKGROUND The Forest Conservation Programme (FCP) is a global thematic programme of the IUCN Secretariat that works under a mandate provided by IUCN membership with a focus on delivering key transformations in the conservation, restoration and management of forest and tree-associated landscapes. The FCP works as a distributed team across several IUCN duty stations with the majority of the staff divided between its Gland-based Headquarters and its Washington D.C. office. It also directly links to, and supports coordination between a worldwide network of over 50 regional and country level forest officers, enabling it to add value to the work of IUCN members through both field-based and policy-orientated interventions. The FCP’s programme of work is structured to create tangible linkag