The primary objective of the International Forestry Fund is to ensure that capital raised from shareholders is invested in a socially responsible manner in this global forestry fund which acquires land for plantation forestry and reforestation and also acquires existing forests which it manages in a socially responsible manner to achieve a target growth rate of between 7% to 10% per annum.

Through its strategic policy of adherence to best forest practices, a sub-objective of the International Forestry Fund is to help reduce the causes of deforestation and forest degradation by ensuring that it social objectives help to benefit stakeholders at a local and rural level to ensure greater protection of the forest resources; facilitating private investment in alternative livelihoods for forest dependent communities; promoting efforts towards conservation and sustainable use of forests.