FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York

FAO at the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19)

Hybrid Event, 06/05/2024 - 10/05/2024

At its 19th session, the United Nations Forum on Forests will discuss the implementation of and progress on the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030. UNFF19 will also consider the item on the trust fund for the United Nations Forum on Forests, and provide a Quadrennial Programme of work of the Forum for 2025-2028. Further High-Level Segment (HLS) including a forest partnership dialogue with heads of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) member organizations, non-governmental organizations and private sector CEOs will be held on 9 May 2024, and other forest-related developments, as well as the contributions of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), will all be part of the agenda.  

All documents of the UNFF19 session can be found here

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SIDE EVENT 

Monday, 6 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)  

UNHQ | Conference Room 4 

'Principles and Strategies for Landscape Integrated Fire Management through Collaborative Governance' 

Organized by The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change of India with Indian Institute of Forest Management, jointly with Portugal, Republic of Korea, FAO and ITTO. 

* Panelist intervention: Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Mr Zhimin Wu 

 

MEMBERS MEETING 

Monday, 6 May | 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM (EDT) | hybrid event only for Members 

UNHQ 

'Members meeting of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)' 

* Chairing of meeting: Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Mr Zhimin Wu 

 

SIDE EVENT 

Tuesday, 7 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)

UNHQ | Conference Room 2 

'The Need to Strengthen the Conservation of Primary Forests through Partnership Enhancement and Coordination of Support: CPF Member Discussion.' 

Organized by UNFFS/IUCN 

Co-organizers: FAO, GEF, Wild Heritage, Griffith University 

* FAO Speaker: Forestry Officer, Theresa Loeffler

Event website | Webcast

 

SIDE EVENT 

Wednesday, 8 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)

UNHQ | Conference Room 8 

'Sustainable Horizons: Showcasing Progress in UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration' 

Organized by FAO & UNEP 

* Opening remarks: Deputy Director-General of the FAO, Ms Maria Helena Semedo   

* Moderated by the Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Mr Zhimin Wu 

 Event website Webcast

 

SIDE EVENT 

Wednesday, 8 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) 

UNHQ | Conference Room 4 

'Forests for Sustainable Land Restoration - Way to COP 16 of UNCCD in Saudi Arabia' 

Organized by the National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

* Panelist intervention: Senior FAO Forestry Officer and Secretary of the Committee on Forestry, Ms Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs

Concept note | Webcast

 

HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY EVENT

Thursday, 9 May | 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM (EDT)

UNHQ | Conference Room 4    

'Opening High-level Segment of the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests'

* Remarks from the FAO Director-General, Dr. QU Dongyu

Webcast

 

SIDE EVENT 

Thursday, 9 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) 

UNHQ | Conference Room 4 

'Harmonizing Efforts for Forest Action by 2030: Strengthening the Collaborative Partnership on Forests' 

Organized by Collaborative Partnership of Forests (CPF) 

* Opening remarks: Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Mr Zhimin Wu 

Event website Webcast

 

HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY EVENT

Thursday 9 May | 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT)

UNHQ | Conference Room 4    

'Dialogue with CPF Heads and UNFF partners on achieving globally agreed goals on forests, climate change and biodiversity'

* Co-moderator: Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Mr Zhimin Wu 

Webcast

 

SIDE EVENT 

Friday, 10 May | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) | In-person 

UNHQ | Conference Room 8 

'Five Years of Action for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions: Promoting Mountain Forests' 

Organized by The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on behalf of the UN Group of Friends for Mountains 

* Panelist intervention: Director of the FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Mr Zhimin Wu