IUCN’s initiatives to restore the world’s degraded forests

IUCN’s major initiatives to restore the world’s degraded forests By Stephanie Lee The IUCN is the world’s first environmental organisation with biodiversity conservation being central to their mission. Forest Landscape Restoration, or FLR, is one of their major areas of work that focuses on the important role of forest and trees. A side event on  …

ZERO NET DEFORESTATION IN ECUADOR BY 2030:

Report about a side-event by Oscar Crespo Santiago Garcia (Ecuadorian Government), Rodrigo Sierra (Remote Sensing Expert) Ecuador plays a very active role in the UNFF negotiations. Ecuador became the first country in receiving a grant amounting US$ 41.2 million to co-finance the implementation of Ecuador’s National REDD+ Action Plan. The Government of Ecuador is working …

Gender Equality + Forests

Written by Stephanie Lee Day 2 of UNFF 12 focused on discussions around gender equality and empowerment of women and girls (the 5th Sustainable Development Goal). Going with the theme of the day, a side event on women, forests and business opportunities was organised by Government of Finland & African Women’s Network for Community Management …

Kicking off the 12th United Nations Forum on Forest

Written by Ethan Miller Peter Besseau, the chair of this year’s session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF), kicked off this year’s gathering at the United Nations in New York with one clear message: this meeting is going to be different. Contextually, this year’s session comes at an opportune time for action and implementation. Just …

Day 1 – Voluntary National Contributions

Written by Oscar Crespo  This was my first in person contact with a United Nations event. Everything went as expected: most speakers repeated the same few concepts, kind words, reiterative information. The Forum offers countries an opportunity to share their views, experiences, and contributions to the work of the forum ('voluntary national contributions). A few countries …

A small answer to a big question. How do we measure climate change impact on forest ecosystems?

Written by Salina Abraham  It is well known that some of the most exciting parts to UN meetings are the side events. Today, IFSA's partner IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations), held a side event on "Healthy forests for a prosperous environment: the multi-faceted aspects of forest degradation." This event was held by the …

Get Introduced to UNFF 12 Delegates

Get to know IFSA's delegates to the 12th session for the UNFF occurring May 1-5th in NYC.