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)
- 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)
- Tuscany Region (Regione Toscana)
- Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC)