The 5F Program: Forests, Finance, Food, Fuel and Future, is an innovative response to the need for development in Niassa Province in Northern Mozambique. The overall goal of this activity is to promote economic growth and sustainable development in Northern Mozambique by both investing in the timber sector and supporting a series of development activities to compliment and support the timber sector investments. The idea behind the 5F Program is to develop a framework wherein community development, conservation, and commercial forestry are made equally-weighted priorities. Collaboration with and knowledge-seeking from Mozambiquan communities and organizations is essential to the model, which aims to achieve financial gains as well as food and fuel security via strategic, responsible exploitation of forest resources and community development projects that focus on the sustainable, efficient production of food.