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Contents below:
· International forest agreements (including plans, principles & declarations)
· United Nations forest-related institutions
· Other intergovernmental organizations
International forest agreements (including plans, principles & declarations)
· Also see REDD+ at Forest & climate change page
1977 UN General Assembly Plan of Action to Combat Desertification
· Full title: Non-legally binding authoritative statement of principles for a global consensus on the
management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests
2011 Bonn Challenge
· a global effort to restore 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2020 and 350
million hectares by 2030
2015 Paris Climate Agreement article 5 on Forests
· To conserve and enhance carbon sinks including forests
2014 New York Declaration on Forests
· Goal 1 is to at least halve the rate of loss of natural forests globally by 2020 (relative to 2010)
2021 Glasgow Forest Declaration
United Nations forest-related institutions
International Arrangement on Forests
UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN)
UNFF Trust Fund
UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI)
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Collaborative Partnership on Forests
· “...an innovative, voluntary inter-agency partnership of 16 international organizations, institutions
and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests.”
Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI)
Global Forest Resources Assessments
State of the World's Forests (SOFO) reports