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Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award

What is sustainable forest management?

CPF releases eight fact sheets on SFM

Global Forest Expert Panels

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.

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Activist from Burundi receives top forestry award

Burundian forestry activist Léonidas Nzigiyimpa was today awarded the 2019 Wangari Maathai ‘Forest Champions' Award in recognition of his passionate commitment and outstanding contribution to improving forests and the lives of indigenous peoples, women and youth in his country. [more]

International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest 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]