XIV World Forest Congress 2015

Sub-theme dialogues

Forests for socioeconomic development and food security

Putting people at the centre
Acknowledging forests’ cultural and recreational roles
Accounting for the multiple benefits of forests

Building resilience with forests

Forests as buffers against environmental change
Increasing forest resilience to natural disasters and shocks

Integrating forests and other land uses


The role of forests in sustaining landscapes
Integrating approaches to landscape management

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Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade

Increasing the range of products from sustainable managed forests
Towards sustainable trade

Monitoring forests for better decision-making

What the data tells us
Progress in forest monitoring

Improving governance by building capacity

Capacities, knowledge and communication
Reshaping forest governance architecture