12 May 2015, New York - With the opening of the XIV World Forestry Congress just a few months away, co-organizers the Government of the Republic of South Africa and FAO made a compelling case for large and broad participation from foresters and a wide range of other sectors during...

Tiina Vahanen, Associate Secretary-General, XIV World Forestry Congress   (This article originally appeared in the February 2015 issue of the InFO News, the newsletter of FAO’s Forest team).   23 February 2015 - When the world’s foresters and forest supporters come together for the XIV World Forestry Congress in Durban in September, they will...

They may be under threat, but forests and trees outside forests have enormous potential to help deal with the many social, economic and environmental problems facing the world today. We asked Tiina Vahanen, Associate Secretary-General of the World Forestry Congress 2015, to describe the global importance of forests, and what...