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High Level Dialogue at XIV World Forestry Congress 2015

Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award

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The CPF Sourcebook

An online database of over 600 sources for funding sustainable forest management

What is sustainable forest management?

CPF releases eight fact sheets on SFM

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The mission of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests is to promote sustainable management of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end.

CPF News

International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Foreat Area - from Aspiration to Action

Organized by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, this international conference will bring together a wide range of stakeholders from 20-22 February 2018 to discuss the challenges of halting and reversing deforestation and to jointly explore ways to accelerate progress towards achieving in particular the SDG Target 15.2 and Target 1.1 of the UNSPF. [more]

Video: Towards a vision on forests in the post-2015 era

Heads of member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) met to discuss their post-2015 vision of forests ahead of the XIV World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa, in September 2015. Ideas shared at the high-level dialogue were incorporated into the official outcome document of Congress, the Durban Declaration, which sets out how forests and forestry should look for a sustainable future to 2050 and beyond. [more]

Ugandan community leader receives top forestry prize

Ugandan forestry activist Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi was awarded the 2015 Wangari Maathai ‘Forest Champions' Award in recognition of her efforts to promote the conservation and sustainable use of her country's forest resources.Given in recognition of outstanding efforts to improve and sustain forests, the award was established in 2012 by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, which is chaired by FAO. Its name honours the memory of Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. [more]

Forests a key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Durban, South Africa – Forests have an important role to play in the future of sustainable development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said here today. The Director-General made his remarks during a high-level event of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). Leaders of the CPF’s 14 member organizations met to define their vision for forests and forestry in the post-2015 era, ahead of the XIV World Forestry Congress that starts tomorrow in Durban. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6f7EmFMakE [more]

Celebrating 15 years of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests' achievements

This year, we celebrate 15 years of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests’ (CPF) achievements as governments discuss the future International Arrangement on Forests (IAF), negotiate the future sustainable development goals and address climate change challenges. As these global policy ambitions take shape, countries’ and CPF’s commitment to supporting actions towards implementation of sustainable forest management has never been stronger. This publication presents highlights of the CPF’s achievements during the 2013-2014 biennium. The examples provide evidence of how the partnership contributes to the UN’s “Delivering as One” agenda, while at the same time engaging non-UN international partners. The partnership remains committed to its work on maintaining and sustaining the world’s forests. [more]

Seeking forest champions - nominations open for the 2015 Wangari Maathai Award

The CPF Wangari Maathai Award recognizes extraordinary efforts by an individual to improve and sustain forests and the people who depend on them. One of the most prestigious forest accolades, the award was established by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) to honour the memory of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a champion of forest issues worldwide and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The 2015 winner will be awarded USD20,000, and will be invited to receive their award in person on 10 September 2015, at the World Forestry Congress 2015 in Durban, South Africa . [more]

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Forest-related vacancies

Forestry Officer (Forest Fire Management)

5 June 2017 The Forest Policy and Resources Division leads FAO's work in promoting sustainable forest management and providing leadership on the environmental, social and economic dimensions of forestry, including its contributions to poverty reduction and food security and nutrition. It liaises with member countries, civil society and the private sector in aspects ranging from development of effective forest policies to forest conservation and management issues, and strengthens the role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Division also collects, analyses and disseminates information on the world's forest resources and on the production, trade and consumption of wood and non-wood forest products. [more]

Forestry Officer (NFI & REDD+)

14 April 2017 The Forestry Officer reports to the FAO Representative in the DRC and to the Forestry Officer (REDD+ Regional Adviser for Africa) based in FAO headquarters. [more]

Forestry Officer (REDD+)

14 April 2017 The Forestry Officer reports to the REDD+ Coordinator, under the overall guidance of the Director, FOA. The incumbent will work closely with experts from REDD+ and National Forest Monitoring teams and other FO forestry experts in Headquarters and other regions, mostly with the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC), the sub-regional office for Mesoamerica (SLM) and FAO's subregional Office for the Caribbean (SLC). [more]

Forestry Officer (NFI and Redd+)

8 March 2017 The Forest Officer will provide technical expertise to support the planning, financing, development and implementation of the Myanmar NFI/NFMIS project and the FAO-supported components of the Myanmar UN-REDD National Programme. [more]

Forestry Officer (Forest Management)

1 December 2016 The Forestry Officer reports to the Team Leader, Forest Resources Management Team, under the overall guidance of the Chief (Policy and Resources). [more]

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Meetings

Leveraging blended finance for forest value chains in developing countries

FAO

2 April 2019 - 3 April 2019

Italy, FAO HQ Mexico Room

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Description: In order to advance sustainable forest management and unlock all forest contributions to sustainable development, key finance questions remain: • How to incentivize and leverage private finance and expertise to flow especially in the countries and landscapes where it is most needed? • How to ensure that finance reaches and benefits smallholder and producer organizations? • How to promote vertical and horizontal integration as strategies to improve access to finance? The expert meeting aims to: 1. Present and discuss the Forest Finance Information Hub concept proposal; 2. Assess potential synergies and complementarities with other similar/relevant initiatives both within FAO and with other partners; 3. Collect inputs from stakeholders on best approaches to implementing the FFIH, including priority areas; and 4. Draft a roadmap for developing collaborative approach to implement the FFIH. It is expected that the expert meeting will result in: 1. A set of recommendations for FAO for the development of the FFIH; 2. Identification of key stakeholders, relevant to make the FFIH effective; and a roadmap with prioritized actions, milestones, areas of collaboration and interested partners

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XXV IUFRO World Congress

IUFRO

October 2019

Brazil, Curitiba

Contact

CPF Secretariat@The United Nations Forum on Forests
DC1-1245, One UN Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA

Email: cpf@un.org