22/5
2025
The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
3/3
2024
On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (
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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, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
22/6
2021
24/6
2021
The International Conference on Forest Education (ICFE), organised by FAO, IUFRO, ITTO, CIFOR/ICRAF and the Secretariats of UNFF and UNFCCC, was a defining event in forest education. It was instrumental in helping to chart a path forward for forest education globally. Key findings of a global assessment and six regional assessments were presented at the ICFE.
6/7
2021
Halting deforestation is an essential lever in the Decade of Action to achieve the SDGs by 2030, and for confronting the “quadruple planetary emergency,” comprising a climate crisis, a nature crisis, an inequality crisis and a global health crisis.
3/11
2021
Organized by the XV World Forestry Congress Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization and Korea Forest Service, Wildlife Conservation Society, Forest 4 Climate & People project and the European Commission. The event showcased how new and innovative approaches to finance policy and investment can contribute to scaling up climate action towards sustainable forest, agriculture ...
22/11
2021
28/11
2021
This year, the European Forest Week will be celebrated in conjunction with Foresta2021, the Joint Session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI), and the FAO European Forestry Commission (EFC).
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2022
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2022
The Congress will bring together global and regional forest stakeholders to review and address key challenges facing the sector.
