The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
Preparations for the observance of Forests 2011 are taking place at the national, regional and international levels. Here are the key forest related events in 2010/ 2011:
2010
- October 4 - 8: Twentieth Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO), FAO, Rome, Italy
- October 11 - 15: Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5), CBD Secretariat, Nagoya, Japan
- October 18 - 29: Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) , CBD Secretariat, Nagoya, Japan
- November 15 - 18: Global Environment Facility Council Meeting, GEF Secretariat, Washington DC
- November 29 - December 10: Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC Secretariat, Cancun, Mexico
- December 18-19: Closing of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 - transition to International Year of Forests 2011, CBD Secretariat and UNFF Secretariat, Kanazawa, Japan
- December 13 - 18: 46th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees, ITTO, Yokohama, Japan
2011
- January 24 - 4 February: Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests / Launch of the International Year of Forests 2011, UNFF Secretariat, UNHQ, New York
- January 21 - 30: International Green Week national awareness campaign launch, Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Germany, Berlin, Germany
- February 2: World Wetlands Day, Ramsar Convention
- February 21 - 25: 26th Session of the UNEP Governing Council Global Ministerial Environment Forum, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya
- March 7 - 8: 2nd PrepCom for UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Division for Sustainable Development, UNHQ, New York
- March 12: China Tree Planting Day, Beijing, China
- March 22: World Water Day
- April: Bulgaria Professional Holiday of Foresters, Bulgaria
- April 22: Earth Day
- May 2-13: CSD 19 - Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), Division for Sustainable Development, UNHQ, New York
- May 9 - 10: World Migratory Bird Day
- May 16-27: Tenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, PFII Secretariat, UNHQ, New York
- May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity: Biodiversity and Forests, CBD Secretariat
- June 05: World Environment Day, UNEP
- June 14 - 16: 6th Forest Europe Ministerial Conference (Sixth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe) , Forest Europe, Oslo, Norway
- June 17: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, UNCCD Secretariat
- June 26 - Jul 1: Tree Biotechnology 2011 - From genomes to integration and delivery, IUFRO, Bahia, Brazil
- July: UN Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC Secretariat, UNHQ, New York
- August 09: International Day of the World`s Indigenous People, PFII Secretariat
- September: 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNHQ, New York
- September: Global Forest Conference for Children Environment Online (ENO) , Joensuu, Finland
- October 1 - November 1: Seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference, UNECE, Astana, Kazakhstan
- October 10-21: UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP 10, UNCCD Secretariat, Changwon City, Republic of South Korea
- October: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) , CBD Secretariat
- October 16: World Food Day, FAO, Worldwide
- November: European Union Forest Directors - General Meeting, Poland
- November: Regional Conference on Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- November 28 - December 9: 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 17) and seventh session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 7) , UNFCCC Secretariat, Johannesburg, South Africa
- December 11: International Mountain Day, FAO, Poland
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