FAO at the 21st session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF21)
11/05/2026 - 15/04/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), an interagency partnership of 16 member organizations permanently chaired by FAO, will contribute to the deliberations of the upcoming 21st Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF21).
FAO at UNFF21 Agenda:
FAO Side Events:
Side Event
Monday 11 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room 8
Outreach meeting for COP30’s Roadmap on Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030
Organized by: COP30 Presidency, Presidency of the Republic of Brazil; UNFCCC Secretariat, FAO
Webcast: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1w44jofgf
Side Event
Tuesday 12 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room 8
CPF Round Table: Accelerating collaborative actions towards achieving the Global Forest Goals
Organized by: Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Webcast: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k1683fe095
Side Event
Tuesday 12 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room 4
Vienna Call for Action: The power of forest-based bioeconomy
Organized by: the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management of Austria, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of South Africa, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of Australia and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
Side Event
Wednesday 13 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room D
People-centered forest action: Sustainable agroforestry and family farming as drivers for COP30 delivery through the TERRA GPFI
Organized by: FAO/Forest and Farm Facility (FFF); Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA), Brazil
Side Event
Thursday 14 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room 4
Scaling up integrated fire management: What next?
Organized by: Global Fire Management Hub, an initiative led by FAO and UNEP; Government of Türkiye and Government of Germany
Webcast: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bbkcnhnq
Side Event
Thursday 14 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room D
Empowering sustainable timber value chains: Bridging market intelligence and high-value utilization
Organized by: Korea Forest Service (KFS), Republic of Korea; International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), FAO, UNFFS
Other FAO engagements:
Monday 11 May | 10:00-13:00 | Conference room 4
Main Session Item 6: Emerging issues
FAO Speaker: Zhimin Wu, Director, FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Monday, 11 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room D
Enhancing collaboration of financial mechanisms to support transformative changes for the conservation of primary forests.
Organized by: Global Environment Facility; UNFF Secretariat; the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Monday 11 May | 15:00-18:00 | Conference Room 4
Item 3 (c) Contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners to achieving the thematic priorities: Contributions of the CPF, its member organizations & the UN system to achieving the thematic priorities; progress on the workplan of the Partnership.
FAO Speaker: Zhimin Wu, Director, Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Tuesday 12 May | 10:00-13:00 | Conference Room 4
Main Session Item 3 (d): ) Interlinkages between the GFGs… SDGs under review by the HLPF in 2026 and 2027, the UNFCCC & the Paris Agreement, CBD & KMGBF…, and the UNCCD, including the LDNTSP and other international forest-related developments
FAO Speakers: Zhimin Wu, Director, FAO Forestry Division and Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, Senior Forestry Officer, Team Leader Governing Bodies and Global Processes, Forestry Division
Tuesday 12 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room D
Dryland Forests in a Changing Climate: Strategies for Drought, Dieback and Tree Mortality
Organized by: Israel; Guatemala
FAO Speaker: Halka Otto, Senior Liaison Officer, FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York
Tuesday 12 May | 15:00-18:00 | Conference Room 4
Main Session Item 3 (g): Monitoring, assessment, and reporting
FAO Speakers: Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, Senior Forestry Officer, Team Leader Governing Bodies and Global Processes, Forestry Division, Zhimin Wu, Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Wednesday 13 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room 8
Strengthening the Global Network of the World Mangrove Center (WMC). Mangroves without borders: Powering a global network for climate, communities, and the future
Organized by: Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia; World Bank; Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI); Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW Germany)
FAO Speaker: Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, Senior Forestry Officer, Team Leader Governing Bodies and Global Processes, Forestry Division
Wednesday 13 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference room 4
From commitments to impact: Aligning government action, private standards, and finance to scale Sustainable Forest Management (GFG 3)
Organized by: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International; Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of South Africa; Vietnam
Thursday 14 May | 13:15-14:30 | Conference Room 8
Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF): Access Pathways for Tropical Forest CountriesOrganized by: Governments of Brazil and Norway
FAO Speaker: Angélica Jacome, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York