November 2008
[NEW DATES] AHEG to develop proposals for the development of a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework to be held from 10-14 November 2008, UNOV, Vienna, Austria

September 2008
International Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Forest Management; a CLI in Support of UNFF, 8-12 September, Paramaribo, Suriname

August 2008
Call for information on progress made on the Implementation of the Non-Legally Binding Instrument on all type of Forests (NLBI) and Achievement of the Global Objectives on Forests

UNFF Statement on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

July 2008
Web Forum discussion "Forests and Climate Change" open 1-31 July 2008.

June 2008
Web Forum discussion "Forests and Biodiversity Conservation, including Protected Areas" open 2-30 June 2008.

May 2008
Web Forum discussion "Reversing loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation and combating desertification" open 5-30 May 2008.

Latest Newsletter [February - April 2008]

April 2008
Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa, a South African-Swiss CLI in support of UNFF, Durban, South Africa - UNFFS Statement at the CLI

February 2008
Regional Forest Cooperation– Reaching the 2010 Biodiversity Target and the UNFF Global Objectives on Forests by 2015, Rome, Italy

January 2008
Beijing Statement on Combating Desertification and Promoting Sustainable Development - highlights forests and the NLBI

Region-Led Initiative (RLI) on regional input to UNFF, Geneva, Switzerland

December 2007
UN General Assembly adopts the Non-legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests
(A/RES/62/98) (Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish)

International Year of Forests 2011