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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed a call today for urgent action to accelerate progress towards a sustainable forest-based bioeconomy. 

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.

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Forests provide a vital support system for agriculture. Promoting synergies between the two is therefore essential for sustainable agrifood system transformation in the face of climate change, according to a report released today at the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil.

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 COP30.

Forests stretch across more than 4 billion hectares of the planet – covering about a third of all land on Earth. They regulate our climate, are home to countless plants and animals, and support the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people.

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). 

Drawing on inputs from almost 200 national correspondents around the world and, in total, more than 700 contributors, this major FAO publication provides the most up-to-date and authoritative data available on global forest resources.

Deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

CPF convened policymakers, technical experts and regional stakeholders from 10 Southern African countries in Maputo today to explore ways of strengthening cross-sectoral collaboration for sustainable forest management.

We are well into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russian Federation’s Far East. In July, wildfires broke out throughout Türkiye, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. Fires continue in Portugal and Spain. In Canada, the blaze has not stopped since April.

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests, today published a four-year work plan for supporting countries in their efforts to accelerate progress towards global forest goals.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), will contribute to the deliberations of the upcoming 20th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 20). 

A briefing for UNFF focal points on the updates on CPF priorities and work plan for 2025-2028, activities and joint initiatives, and discussions on enhancing CPF’s support to Member States. 

IUCN and partners recently came together at COP29 for a session titled “Mobilizing Finance for Climate and Biodiversity in Primary Forests” to highlight the need for robust financing to protect primary forests and their biodiversity and climate benefits.

A recently launched technical brief from FAO underscores the critical role of primary forests in combatting climate change and halting biodiversity loss as crucial discussions take place at the UN Climate Change Conference.

Achieving a forest-based bioeconomy can help halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation and contribute to global goals, delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference heard today at an event organized by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.

IUCN and partners convened to formally launch the GEF-funded medium-size project: “Strengthening Conservation of Primary Forests through Partnership Enhancement and Coordination of Support.” at COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

A new publication launched this week by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests warns that more needs to be done to protect, restore and sustainably manage the world’s forests in order to achieve global biodiversity goals.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and FAO today signed a new partnership agreement aimed at streamlining ecosystem restoration reporting as part of Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.