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Organizer: UNFF Secretariat
This year’s theme, “Forests and Foods,” highlights the role forests play in ensuring global food security, sustaining livelihoods, and promoting biodiversity. Forests provide a rich variety of food...
Organizer: UNFF Secretariat
The theme of the 2023 International Day of Forests is “Forests and Health”.
The theme of the 2022 International Day of Forests celebration is “Forests and Sustainable Production and Consumption”.
The theme of the 2021 International Day of Forests celebration is “Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being”.
Organizer: Member States and stakeholders, worldwide.
The theme of the 2020 International Day of Forests celebration is “Forests and Biodiversity”. Forests are home to 80% of all land-based biodiversity.
The theme of the 2019 International Day of Forests celebration is “Forests and Education”.
The theme of the 2018 International Day of Forests celebration is “Forests and Sustainable Cities” to increase awareness of the contributions of forests to sustainable cities.
International Day of Forests 2017The theme of the 2017 International Day of Forests celebration is “Forests and Energy” to increase awareness of forest-energy interconnections and str
Organizer: UNFF Secretariat
The theme of the 2016 International Day of Forests was “forests and water”.
Organizer: UNFFS
The International Day was celebrated with a Special Event in the ECOSOC Chamber of UNHQ on 20 March 2015.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the 2014 International Day of Forests
This new global celebration of forests builds on the successes of the International Year of Forests in 2011, and provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of
The General Assembly proclaims 21 March of each year the International Day of Forests, to be observed starting in 2013