About the event

Forests are essential to life on our planet, to mitigating and adapting to climate change, ensuring adequate supply of fresh water, enhancing biodiversity and providing sustainable incomes and livelihoods, including food security. But they face unprecedented and unrelenting pressures.

The 14th World Forestry Congress, hosted by the Republic of South Africa, will bring together the global forestry community to review and analyse the key issues and to share ways of addressing them.

Wangari Maathai Award

This year’s Wangari Maathai Award will be presented on 10 September 2015, at the conclusion of the 2015 Congress.

Event organizer

More information on the event website or by email by contacting Food and Agriculture Organization at WFC-XIV-Info@fao.org.