Collaborative Partnership on Forests

CPF-hosted event
African nations take stock on progress towards halting deforestation
African countries considered regional progress towards halting and reversing deforestation during discussions at the 25th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission and the 9th African Forestry and Wildlife Week.
News
COP30: Collaborative Partnership on Forests urges accelerated action to halt deforestation
CPF has issued a joint call for renewed global commitment and collaboration to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation and increase forest area worldwide by 2030 and unlock the full value of forests at the UNCCC COP30.
UNFCCC COP30
Forests in the Spotlight at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) are supporting the priorities of the COP30 Presidency through the provision of technical expertise, and contributing across a range of forest-related topics and activities related to COP30. 
CPF study
What are countries doing for their forest biodiversity?
An analysis of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) submitted by 54 countries under the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). 



News
Strengthening policy coherence on forests in Southern Africa
Collaborative Partnership on Forests event promotes collective action.
UNFF20
CPF Members at the 20th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
CPF member organizations participated in the UNFF20 session to present their joint and individual contributions to the Forum’s thematic priorities and report on progress made in implementing the CPF workplan.

News
Collaborative Partnership on Forests work plan 2025–2028
The 2025-2028 work plan of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) sets forth clear priorities, joint actions, collaborative activities, resource needs, outputs and indicators for assessing progress, for the activities of the CPF.
Event
SBSTTA-27 Side event: Mainstreaming forest biodiversity – The key to KM-GBF success
The side event will showcase contributions of CPF members to support forest-biodiversity related implementation of the KM-GBF and present joint findings from CBD, UNFF and FAO on synergies with updated NBSAPs. It will also highlight how countries and other stakeholders are conserving, restoring and sustainably using forest biodiversity.
Publication
Forests as Pillars of Social and Economic Resilience. A Global Assessment Report
The IUFRO Science-Policy Programme published a new major study, presented 5 June 2025. The publication was developed by a high-level interdisciplinary and international team as part of the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) joint initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).
NEWS
Grow the Solution initiative aims to promote wood-based products for climate
New initiative to encourage greater use of products made from sustainably grown wood as a key strategy for combating climate change
Publication
The Forest Factor
The role of protection, restoration, and sustainable management of forests for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
PUBLICATION
Challenges and opportunities in turning the tide of deforestation
Joint statement of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
NEWS
Joint call to action for forests towards 2030
A statement from the Collaborative Partnership of Forests Member Organizations at the 2023 SDG Summit
A Statement by the CPF Member Organizations
Joint Call to Action for Forests towards 2030
New York, 18 September 2023
Joint Call to Action for Forests towards 2030

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is an innovative, voluntary inter-agency partnership of 16 international organizations, institutions and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests.  

The vision of the CPF is that "by 2030 all types of forests and forest landscapes are sustainably managed, their multiple values are fully recognized, the potential of forests and their goods and services is fully unlocked, and the Global Forest Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals and other global forest-related goals, targets and commitments are achieved."

To support countries achieve these aims, CPF members work together on forest issues to help move from deforestation to restoration.

Members

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Joint Initiatives

Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award

Joint initiatives are established between several CPF member organizations to jointly coordinate and implement activities contributing to the same goals.

CPF joint initiatives strengthen collaboration and mobilize political, scientific, technical and financial support within and beyond the partnership. 

 

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Upcoming events

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Samarkand (Uzbekistan)

CITES 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20)
24/11/2025 - 05/12/2025

The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to CITES is scheduled to take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The Parties to CITES convene...

UNEA 6

Hybrid Event, Nairobi (Kenya)

Seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7)
08/12/2025 - 12/12/2025

As the world’s...

Virtual Event

World Wetlands Day
02/02/2026

World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971,...

Virtual Event

International Women's Day
08/03/2026

International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women,...

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Hybrid Event, Rome (Italy)

International Day of Forests
21/03/2026

The United Nations proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. The...

Hybrid Event, New York (United States)

World Water Day
22/03/2026

World Water Day is on 22 March every year. It is an annual United Nations Observance, started in 1993, that celebrates water and raises awareness of...

Hybrid Event, New York (United States)

International Mother Earth Day
22/04/2026

The United Nations celebrates this observance through the Harmony with Nature initiative, a platform for global sustainable development that celebrates...

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New York (United States)

21st Session of the UN Forum on Forests
11/05/2026 - 15/05/2026

The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with universal membership. Since its establishment...