In addition to the hundreds of local stakeholder groups engaged directly in Model Forests, the IMFN works with organizations and initiatives around the world, including:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- The Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR)
- Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN)
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service (NRCan–CFS)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
- Center for the Services and Promotion of Forestry and Forest Industries in Castilla and Leon(CESEFOR)
- Royal Forest Department of Thailand