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It is a pleasure to be here to mark this day as part of the Netherlands’ Presidency of the Security Council.
This week, the UNFF Secretariat organised an expert meeting on the Contribution of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) to the Implementation of the
A United Nations meeting on sustainable management of forests today discussed the importance of mobilizing resources from a diverse range of actors to ensure broad owner
Kick-starting action on the recently-adopted Global Forest Goals to protect, sustainably manage and increase world’s forest area will be a key focus for delegations gath
March 21, New York – Expanding the area of sustainably managed forests, especially in developing countries, is essential to meet the energy needs of billions of people w
New York, 23 January –Countries reached agreement last Friday on a plan that would significantly improve the outlook for the world’s forests, including a target that wou
On 20 January 2017, the Special Session of the UN Forum on Forests adopted the recommendations of the
On 8 December 2016, the Co-Chairs of the Working Group of the UN Forum on Forests, Ambassador Gholamhossein Dehghani (Islamic Republic of Iran) and Ambassador Hans Hooge
The Bureau of the 12th session of the UN Forum on Forests was invited to provide input to the 2016 meeting of the HLPF which is scheduled to take place 11 – 20 July 201
On 14 March 2016, the Economic and Social Council
Climate change is already disturbing the hydrological functioning of forests.
These days, one might think understanding the importance of forests for our planet should not be hard – even a fifth grader knows that forests are the lungs of the Earth
In celebration of the 2016 International Day of Forests, the World Bank published a blog post on forest data and trends since 1990.
Food security depends on water security, and, in turn, water security depends on forests, an International Day of Forests event at FAO HQ in Rome heard today.
March 21, 2016 marks the United Nations’ fourth annual International Day of Forests, a day to celebrate the important and diverse contributions of the world’s forests.