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March 12, 2025
Celebrating Forests and Foods 21 March 2025UN Headquarters, New York CityConference Room 610:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.The International Day of Forests 2025 celebration took place on Friday, 21 March, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and online. This year’s theme, “Forests and Foods,” highlighted the role forests play in ensuring global food security, sustaining livelihoods, and promoting biodiversity. Forests provide […]
February 24, 2025
The Capacity Building Workshop on Reporting to UNFF took place in Nairobi from 18 to 20 March 2025 at the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON), Kenya. Organized by UNFF Secretariat in collaboration with FAO, this workshop focused on improving the process of national reporting on the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests (UNSPF) and […]
January 15, 2025
As a direct outcome of the 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19), two gatherings took place on 21 to 23 January 2025 at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. These events, designed to strengthen global collaboration and stakeholder engagement in sustainable […]
November 29, 2024
Friday, 6 December 20241:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. SASTRoom MET 8, Blue Zone Concept NoteSummary of EventOn 6 December 2024, the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat, in collaboration with the National Centre for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, hosted the side event titled Significance of Dryland Forests […]
November 18, 2024
Date: 21 November 2024Time: 13:00 – 14:45 AZTVenue: COP29 Presidency Area, Room SE5 Nasimi, Baku, Azerbaijan Press release | Concept NoteForests are key to addressing climate change.They help regulate the global climate, store carbon, protect biodiversity, and provide essential ecosystem services. However, deforestation and forest degradation account for around 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions. […]
July 19, 2024
On 17 July 2024, UNFFS Director Ms. Juliette Biao met with Ms. Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) to discuss collaboration on harnessing synergies between the global forest and biodiversity agendas. As part of the meeting, the UNFF and CBD Secretariats signed a UN-to-UN transfer agreement to support implementation […]
July 8, 2024
On 25 June 2024, UNFF Secretariat Director Ms. Juliette Biao delivered a keynote speech at the 2024 World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Stockholm, Sweden. In her speech, Ms. Biao called for expanded research in key areas such as women’s role in the bioeconomy, gender perspectives on pests and […]
May 2, 2024
Forests cover nearly one-third of all land on Earth. They sustain us in numerous ways and are critical in global efforts to address the triple planetary crisis. Ahead of the UN Forum on Forests and the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) this month, we asked UN DESA’s Peter Gondo about the […]
March 20, 2024
A celebration of the International Day of Forests event will take place on Thursday 21 March, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ. The event programme is available here It will be in-person and webcast live on UN Web TV Featured speakers in the event include H.E. Ambassador Zéphyrin […]
January 4, 2024
On behalf of the UNFF Secretariat, I would like to wish you and your families a new year filled with joy, peace, and good health. 2024 will be a pivotal year for the UN Forum on Forests. The midterm review of the International Arrangement on Forests at UNFF19 in May 2024 will take stock of […]
