UNFF News: News

June 2025

• Forests, communities and innovation: Morocco hosts global dialogue on forest solutions
• Deadline extended to submit input for the next Global Forest Goals Report

May 2025

• Mozambique validates National Forest Finance Strategy and builds capacity for action

March 2025

• Join us in celebrating Forests and Foods

February 2025

• Capacity Building Workshop on Reporting to UNFF

January 2025

• Advancing Global Forest Goals: Two key events on stakeholder engagement

November 2024

• Highlighting Dryland Forests at UNCCD COP16
• COP29 President’s High-Level Event on “Forests for Climate, Nature and People: Harnessing Climate Finance for Forests

July 2024

• UNFF and CBD Secretariats collaborate on Joint Initiative
• UNFFS Director at 2024 IUFRO World Congress

May 2024

• DESA Voice: “Forests play a pivotal role in addressing the triple planetary crisis”

March 2024

• Join the International Day of Forests celebration!

January 2024

• New Year’s message from UNFFS Director

December 2023

• 7th edition of Forest Financing Quarterly Highlight released

November 2023

• Monaco conference spotlights Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

October 2023

• India holds Country-led Initiative on forest fires, forest certification and SFM

September 2023

• UNFF Secretariat and UNCCD Secretariat sign a new MoU

July 2023

• UN Chronicle: As Wildfires Increase, Integrated Strategies for Forests, Climate and Sustainability Are Ever More Urgent

May 2023

• Message from UNFFS Director
• UN News: UN Forum on Forests: 5 things you need to know
• DESA Voice: 5 things you should know about how forests benefit people and planet

March 2023

• Building on the nexus of forests, energy, and livelihoods
• DESA Voice: How the planet’s “lungs” contribute to our health and well-being

February 2023

• UNFFS strengthens collaboration with Yale University

December 2022

• UNFFS Director’s 2022 end of year message

March 2022

• Secretary-General Stresses Need for Recommitment to Healthy Forests for Healthier Livelihoods
• Healthy forests offer a path to a better climate and greener future for all
• DESA Voice: Trees for life – an inspiration to live more sustainably

April 2021

• UNFF Clearing House on Forest Financing Launched!

March 2021

• IDF 2021: UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message
• IDF 2021: Forest restoration provides a path to pandemic recovery, greener future (UN News)
• IDF 2021: Four things you need to know about forests and health

November 2020

• Forest financing holds the key to sustainable recovery from COVID-19

September 2020

• Know a forest champion? Nominate them for the 2021 Wangari Maathai Award!

June 2020

• New policy brief on forests and COVID-19 released

April 2020

• Earth Day message from Alexander Trepelkov, OIC, UNFFS

March 2020

• IDF 2020: UN Secretary-General’s message
• IDF 2020: ECOSOC President’s message
• IDF 2020: UNFF15 Chair’s message
• IDF 2020: DESA USG Liu’s message
• IDF 2020: CBD Acting Executive Secretary’s Video Message

December 2019

• At COP25, UN agencies commit to turn the tide on deforestation

November 2019

• Capacity building workshops held in Côte d’Ivoire to mobilize forest financing

May 2019

• Ensuring the ‘lungs of the planet’ keep us alive: 5 things you need to know
• Forests play vital role in empowering people, promoting economic growth and combating climate change

April 2019

• Capacity-building workshop on designing forest projects held in Pretoria

March 2019

• USG Liu: International Day of Forests 2019
• On International Day, UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section releases 10 facts to fall in love with forests
• IDF 2019 highlights forests’ role in education for sustainable development

February 2019

• Capacity development workshop on forest financing held in Malawi

December 2018

• UNFF Forest Events at COP24 SDG Pavilion

October 2018

• GFFFN capacity development workshop held in Tehran

September 2018

• Gathering Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned on Forests

July 2018

• Central African Republic workshop builds national capacity to design forest projects
• Pre-HLPF event on Forests on 8 July 2018

June 2018

• Building capacity to mobilize forest financing in the Eastern Caribbean
• Workshop on Accessing Financing for Sustainable Forest Management held in Fiji

May 2018

• UN Forum to highlight forests’ fundamental role in supporting healthy, resilient societies

March 2018

• UN Secretary-General’s remarks at Tree-planting ceremony on the International Day of Forests
• Expert Meeting held in China on the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network

May 2017

• Importance of broad financing for sustainable forest management highlighted at UN forum
• Protection of forests ‘fundamental to security of humanity’s place on this planet,’ UN Forum told

March 2017

• UN: More sustainably managed forests would help meet energy needs of 1/3 of world population
• International Day highlights forests’ role in sustainable energy

January 2017

• Landmark target set to increase world’s forests by 120 MN ha by 2030
• Six Global Forest Goals agreed at UNFF Special Session

December 2016

• UNFF Working Group and Special Session

June 2016

• UNFF input to the 2016 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

April 2016

• UNDESA Voice: Forests essential to combat climate change

March 2016

• UNFF12 – 1st meeting
• IDF 2016: UN Press Release -Threats to forests could imperil global freshwater supplies
• IDF 2016: GEF News article
• IDF 2016: ITTO News release
• IDF 2016: US Forest Service Blog post
• IDF 2016: IUFRO News article
• IDF 2016: Ramsar statement
• IDF 2016: FAO Press release
• IDF 2016: CIFOR and ICRAF interview
• IDF 2016: IUCN News article
• IDF 2016: World Bank Blog post
• IDF 2016: CBD Message
• IDF 2016: UN Secretary-General’s message
• Forest and water – sustain life and livelihoods

February 2016

• Interlinking the IAF and the Paris Agreement
• UN Forest Instrument implementation in Ecuador

January 2016

• Forestry Commission briefed on post-2015 IAF

October 2015

• UNFF Issue Briefs published

September 2015

• UNFFS at XIV World Forestry Congress

June 2015

• Strenghtened International Arrangement on Forests adopted
• UNFF11 Outcome Fact Sheet

May 2015

• UN deputy chief calls for strengthened IAF
• ‘The forests we want beyond 2015’
• ‘Contribution of forests to ending hunger’
• Forests pivotal to new Post-2015 Development Agenda

March 2015

• Forests essential for meeting people’s needs and tackling climate change
• Secretary-General, on International Day of Forests, Stresses Investment, Smart Policies Essential for Building Sustainable, Climate-Resilient Future

February 2015

• Forest action and the post-2015 development agenda

January 2015

• Summary AHEG2 on the IAF

December 2014

• Major Group support for UNFF11

March 2014

• UN Officials Call Upon Countries to Boost Resources Dedicated to Forests
• On International Day, UN calls for boosting resources for world’s forests
• Awareness Must Be Coupled with Concrete Action to Protect Vital Forests, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for International Observance

September 2013

• After 20 years, UN commission on sustainable development holds final session

April 2013

• Amazon treaty body hailed as model for regional conservation efforts
• ‘Private sector potential funder’
• Indigenous activist fights to save his tribe and the Amazon rainforest
• One woman’s heroic efforts to restore more than just Rwanda’s forests
• Young creative minds raise awareness of critical forest-related issues
• Combating deforestation with Global Forest Watch 2.0
• Cross-cutting goal on natural resources
• Economic Development Critical Issue for Forest Sustainability

March 2013

• ‘Greater protection for world’s forests’
• First International Day of Forests

January 2013

• Signing of ‘historic’ agreement paving way for Turkey to host Tenth UN Forum on Forests

May 2012

• Landscape restoration
• Input on forest financing

March 2012

• UNFF Director talks about Sustainable Forest Management
• ‘A pathway to a green economy’

February 2012

• Forest heroes honoured at closing ceremony

December 2011

• New website on “Forests for People” highlights celebrations worldwide

November 2011

• Forest financing in LFCCs presentations
• Forestry Week celebrates International Year of Forests

October 2011

• New UN stamps highlight vital role of forests
• Promoting the role of forests in green economies

September 2011

• Forests’ Director Honoured with Prestigious Award
• Assembly President mourns passing of Nobel laureate and green campaigner
• UN pays tribute to late environmentalist and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai
• World Future Council 2011 Future Policy Award

August 2011

• Regional Voices champions forests worldwide
• Trees ‘speak out’ in UN writing competition to save forests

June 2011

• UNFF Forest Film Festival wins prize
• Spending more on forests could reap enormous benefits – UN report

February 2011

• Sustainable forest management essential for the success of Rio 2012
• Celebrating people’s actions to preserve forests