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The International Year of the Forest closes with an eye on the future of forests
… Geneva What will European and North American forests look like in 2030? Will they store carbon, preserve …
… efforts to reduce our overall use of resources, forests can help to disrupt this “buy, use and dispose” …
As acidification of forests slows new climate-related threats to forest, ecosystems emerge
… In the 1970s and 1980s, acid rain and concerns about related forest dieback in many parts of Europe led to heated … on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) was subsequently established under the …
Europe’s forests are expanding, but has the public noticed?
… Geneva There are a number of public misperceptions about forests in the pan-European region. According to national …
Sustainable Forests for Sustainable Fashion at the UN in Geneva
… Forests for fashion – Fashion for Forests, on 21 March, was an event held to celebrate and …
Forests and climate change: An Oscar-winning alliance - Michelle Yeoh on the UN Forest Podcast
… latter is the best introduction to our brand-new second UN Forest Podcast episode and its host Michelle Yeoh, 2023 … unpacks the unique relationship between climate change and forests in this podcast episode. Forests harbour 80% of …
Timber Committee renamed “Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry”
… changed the name of the Timber Committee to “Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry” in order to better reflect …
European Forest Week 2019 to highlight the role of forests in the circular economy
… recyclable and that store rather than release carbon. Forests can help to respond to these challenges. The key …
Restoration of forests and landscapes in UNECE region
… Forests worldwide, including in the UNECE region, play an … on top of already existing strong human-caused pressures on forests particularly from local communities (fuel demand …
European Forest Week artwork celebrates “Forests, our common good”
… and Caroline Ulaga from Slovenia have won the European Forest Week 2017 Art Contest. FAO received 360 entries from … illustrating this year’s European Forest Week theme: Forests, our common good. Entries reflected a wide range of …
… air by between two and eight degrees Celsius, whilst urban forests filter harmful pollutants from the air and act as …
32nd Task Force Meeting of ICP Forests
… For more information please see: http://icp-forests.net/events/32nd-task-force-meeting-of-icp-forests … 32nd Task Force Meeting of ICP Forests …
List of members - ToS on Boreal Forests (2022-2023)
… List of members - ToS on Boreal Forests (2022-2023) List of members - ToS on Boreal Forests …
Seventy-sixth session of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry
… The 76th session of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) was held in …
Sustainable management increases Forests' carbon sequestration function in the UNECE region
… The UNECE region hosts an incredibly vast forested area: 1.89 billion hectares—twice the size of China … the size of the whole European Union. This vast body of forests plays a very important role in climate change …
What is the value of forests? Silva 2015 and European Forest Week are searching for answers
… What is the value of forests, from forest products markets to payments for …
Urban forests in the spotlight of the first episode of the UN Forest Podcast
… into people’s neighborhoods? In the first episode of the UN Forest Podcast – “Urban forests hosted by Stefano Boeri” – architect and professor …
Report of the 76th session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry
… Report of the 76th session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry ECE/TIM/2018/2 At the …
Report of the 78th Session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry
… Report of the 78th Session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry ECE/TIM/2020/2 The …
Warsaw Programme adopted for sustainable management of forests in the UNECE region
… region gathered in Warsaw this week to ensure that their forests are sustainably managed and used for the well-being …