International Day of Forests 2021
Hybrid Event, 18/03/2021
International Day of Forests ‘Forest Restoration: A path to recovery and well-being’ at Department of Environmental Quality – UN-REDD program on Sustainable Forest Trade in The Lower Mekong region, in collaboration with FAO-EU FLEGT team Office, and Forestry Office of FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, have organized and facilitated a booth to present on project background information including support on forest land monitoring on FAO tools – OpenForis free forestry software in the battle against climate change that facilitates flexible and efficient data collection, analysis, and reporting including FAO elearning Academy on Forest transparency under the agreement.
The event was delivered by the Deputy Prime Minister’s video on launching policy brief on the International Day of Forests including the keynote speech from FAO Senior Forestry Officer, FLEGT Success Stories video and panel discussion on ‘Sustainable Timber Trade and Forest Cooperation’
National Forest Monitoring online tools:
- National forest monitoring system assessment tool: Quick guidance
- NFMS Assessment Tool - Information note
- Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement
a compilation of REDD+ actions flyers:
- REDD+ actions overview
- Land-use planning for REDD+
- Land and forest tenure reform to support REDD+ implementation
- Forest governance and timber legality for REDD+
- The role of local communities, smallholders, and indigenous peoples in REDD+ implementation
- Private sector engagement in REDD+ actions
- REDD+ finance and investments
Agenda
08.30 – 9.00 hrs.
Registration and exhibition walkthrough
09.00 – 10.30 hrs.
- Opening video presentation (5-7 mins.)
- Keynote speech by Mr. Adisorn Noochdamrong, RFD Director (10 mins)
- Opening remarks by a Representative of FAO (10 mins.)
- Opening remarks by a representative of the EU Delegation to Thailand (10 mins)
- Opening remarks by Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (20 mins.)
- Opening ceremony chaired by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, representative of the EU Delegation to Thailand, and representative of FAO
- FLEGT Success Stories video (5 mins.)
- Press conference
10.30 – 12.00 hrs.
Panel on “Sustainable Timber Trade and Forest Cooperation”
- Representative of China
- Representative of South Korea
- Representative of Australia
- Representative of EU
- Representative of Thailand
Q&A session
Mr. Sapol Boonsermsuk is a moderator during the panel session.