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Every day, forests contribute substantially to people’s well-being, through food, shelter, medicine and raw materials and support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people a
Jan McAlpine, Director of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat within DESA, was awarded the Fernow Award by the German Forest Society at a commemorative event on Septembe
General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser today added his voice to those of other top United Nations officials mourning the death of Wangari Maathai, the Nob
The United Nations today paid tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of Africa’s foremost environmental campaigners, who died on Sunday
Rwanda today won a United Nations-backed gold award for its forest promotion policies, an event that former United States track and field star Carl Lewis, himself a nin
In order to better co-ordinate the work being done to conserve and manage forests around the world, the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat has begun sharing information thr
Two teenagers’ powerful pleas from the imagined standpoint of a tree to save the world’s forestsbeat out two million competitors to 
The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) launched the International Forest Film Festival in collaboration with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival to celebrate the Internation
 Investing a relatively small amount each year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation, create millions of new jobs and help tackle the devastating effects of c
The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) concluded with a two-day High-level Ministerial Segment that took place from 2 to 3 February.
The global launch of the International Year of Forests 2011, held in New York today, united leaders, Member States and civil society to recognize the vital role that for