Since the EFJ is less than ten years old the strategy will be approached in two phases. In the initial phase it will be based primarily on forging a variety of mutually-beneficial partnerships at local and international levels, including some with Jamaicans living overseas. As these partnerships develop the second phase will involve the mounting of direct capital campaigns focused on specific themes or aspects of the work.

Already the first such capital campaign has been designated: The Spinal Forest Project. This will be a long-term project in which the EFJ will initiate activities and seek partnerships to re-forest the entire central mountainous ridge or spine of the country: improving water supplies, reducing landslides and other such disasters, increasing livelihoods and enhancing the rich biodiversity which places Jamaica among the top ten countries in the world for endemic species.