XIV World Forest Congress 2015

Daily highlights from the World Forestry Congress

ICCFollow the highlights of the Congress.  

Special events, publications, webcasts, expert interviews and talks, videos and images will be published each day online.  

The International Institute for Sustainable Development's Earth Negotiations Bulletin team will also be reporting daily from the Congress with summary reports from key sessions.  

In addition, a social media team of over 275 people world-wide will report from the Congress.  

Upcoming highlights

Pre-congress highlights

Building momentum for community-based forestry, forest and farm organizations

High-level CPF dialogue: Towards a vision on forests in the post-2015 era

Monday 7 September

Opening ceremony and high-level dialogue on the global forest agenda

Launch of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2015

Tuesday 8 September

Africa Day - a spotlight on Africa's sustainable forest management challenges, achievements and opportunities

Wednesday 9 September

Launch of the Five-year Forests and Water Action Plan

Thursday 10 September

Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2015
International TREEHOUSING Wood Design Competition

Friday 11 September

Launch of Vision 2050 for forests and forestry