"FOREST MANAGEMENT"

Delegates highlight crucial potential role of millennials in creating sustainable future, as General Assembly marks tenth International Mother Earth Day.

Delegates highlight crucial potential role of millennials in creating sustainable future, as General Assembly marks tenth International Mother Earth Day.

Marking the International Mother Earth Day, the President of the General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa said, “our mother earth is in serious danger,” and “it is time to take care of it.” UNIFEED

Press Briefing by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) on the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2018) (organised by the Permanent Mission of Austria).

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

United Nations Forum on Forests Thirteenth Session Plenary meeting.

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said the unprecedented influx of refugees from South Sudan into Ethiopia has increased pressure on the local environment as the demand for wood-fuel is leading to a significant increase forest degradation and deforestation around refugee camps. FAO

General Assembly adopts 2 resolutions establishing six-point framework for halting deforestation and forest degradation at 79th plenary of 71st session.

Up to seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans come from the production and use of fuelwood and charcoal. This happens largely due to unsustainable forest management and inefficient charcoal manufacture and fuelwood combustion, according to a new FAO report published today. UNIFEED

The working group of the United Nations Forum on Forests meets in New York from 16 to 20 January 2017