Date: 13 October Time: 10 a.m. Panama City time; 11 a.m. New York time; 5 p.m. Rome time; 10 p.m. Bangkok time Please register here Link: https://fao.zoom.us/j/98867103022?from=msft (password: 377368) Language: Spanish Forests are home to 80% of the world's terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. Today, however, this biodiversity is seriously threatened and millions of hectares of forests are lost every year. Community forest management (CFM) is one of the most promising solutions to finding a compromise between the preservation of nature and economic development. Currently, CFM is a strategic alternative that must be promoted and upscaled in order to conserve, sustainably manage and...

Transforming food systems can deliver on a multitude of commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How we produce, process, trade and consume food products influences poverty (SDG 1), good health and well-being (SDG 3), greenhouse gas emissions and the ability to adapt to a changing climate (SDG 13), and biodiversity loss and deforestation (SDG 15)- to name just a few. However, the challenge of achieving healthy, sustainable and inclusive food systems lies in their complexity. Concerted and concurrent actions are required across both forestry and agriculture sectors. These challenges were explored during a World Forestry Week event, held alongside the Committee on Forestry (COFO).   Forest protection has long been a primary strategy to reduce forest conversion, but it has...

The UN-REDD Programme has announced a USD 2 million project supported by the Government of Norway that will help make mangrove sustainable management, restoration and protection an integral part of Myanmar’s efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as part of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The “Integrating mangroves into REDD+ Implementation in Myanmar” initiative, announced today at the 3 rd Mekong Mangrove Forum, focuses on tackling Myanmar’s destruction and degradation of mangrove ecosystems. This will help the country reach its climate mitigation targets within its NDCs and support livelihoods of mangrove forest communities. Myanmar is home to the third most...

Join our virtual event “Catalyzing a science-based restoration movement in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: monitoring and action on the ground” to learn about the latest developments in restoration monitoring which can catalyze a global restoration movement for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event is a part of the 7th World Forestry Week parallel to FAO’s 25th Committee on Forestry (COFO), with the topic of “Forests and the SDG Decade of Action: solutions for climate change, biodiversity and people”. Date: Monday 12 October 2020 Time: 14:30 – 15:30 CEST Registration: bit.ly/WFW12octR     The session will highlight the progress made on...

Join our virtual event “Food systems transformation, land use and deforestation” to get an exciting overview of opportunities, challenges and actions to halt deforestation through innovative transformation of food systems. Taking place alongside the 25th Session of the Committee on Forestry, the event will be held as a part of the 7th World Forest Week hosted around the topic of “Forests and the SDG Decade of Action: solutions for climate change, biodiversity and people”. Date: Friday, 2 October 2020 Time: 12.00 – 13.00 CEST Languages: English, French and Spanish Webcast: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5392/icode/  Registration: https://bit.ly/3cL46ab  Concept note here     Format: A series of presentations highlighting major reports and country perspectives will be followed by...