Collaborative Partnership on Forests

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20/11/2024

Achieving a forest-based bioeconomy can help halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation and contribute to global goals, delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference heard today at an event organized by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.

COP 29 FAO highlights crucial role of primary forests for climate and biodiversity goals
20/11/2024

A recently launched technical brief from FAO underscores the critical role of primary forests in combatting climate change and halting biodiversity loss as crucial discussions take place at the UN Climate Change Conference.

IUCN and partners launch GEF-funded project
25/10/2024

IUCN and partners convened to formally launch the GEF-funded medium-size project: “Strengthening Conservation of Primary Forests through Partnership Enhancement and Coordination of Support.” at COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

25/10/2024

A new publication launched this week by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests warns that more needs to be done to protect, restore and sustainably manage the world’s forests in order to achieve global biodiversity goals.

IUCN and FAO sign joint agreement to facilitate data sharing to reach GBF Target 2
24/07/2024

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and FAO today signed a new partnership agreement aimed at streamlining ecosystem restoration reporting as part of Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. 

FAO and IUFRO mark 75th anniversary of collaboration on forests
22/07/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations today marked the 75th anniversary of their collaboration for the benefit of forests and people worldwide. 

CPF Wangari Maathai Champion 2024 Photo: Keith-anthony-fabro-for-mongabay
22/07/2024

Nida Collado announced as the seventh winner of the award at the 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry.

23/05/2024

The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu stressed the central role of forests for sustainable development at the Opening Segment of the High-Level Day of the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19) at UN headquarters in New York on 9 May.

(c)FAO
09/05/2024

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, addressed the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19) High-Level Segment , along with other heads of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).

The need to strengthen the conservation of primary forests through partnership enhancement and coordination of support: CPF member discussion
07/05/2024

An important gathering took place at the 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, where global environmental and development organizations convened to address the urgent need to strengthen the conservation of primary forests worldwide.

Grow The Solution
06/05/2024

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests Communicators Network Joint Initiative today launched a new initiative to encourage greater use of products made from sustainably grown wood as a key strategy for combating climate change. 

Focus on innovation can provide needed new approaches in forestry
02/05/2024

The world’s countries, and many international organizations and forest stakeholders, will meet next week to inject new ideas and further urgency into the quest to scale up forest-based solutions to global challenges.

01/05/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests will play a key role in contributing to the deliberations of the upcoming 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19).  

Forested landscapes close to the timber town of Lastoursville, Gabon
30/04/2024

The UN World Restoration Flagships are the most ambitious, promising or successful examples of large-scale ecosystem restoration. They offer an opportunity for initiatives and countries to be globally recognized and celebrated for their restoration success stories.

15/01/2024

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) today opened nominations for the 7th  Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award, an honour granted to individuals who have made extraordinary efforts to improve the world’s forests and the lives of people who depend on them. 

Agroforestry in West Java, Indonesia
18/09/2023

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests today called for urgent global action to unlock the potential of forests for people and the planet, with only seven years remaining to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Forest Goals. 

Indonesia ©FAO/Rahmadiyono Widodo
12/05/2023

The 18th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF18) convened from UN headquarters in New York from 8 to 12 May, where FAO brought forward messages of innovation, policy coherence, and investment incentives to help drive forward forest conservation, restoration and sustainable use pathways.

03/05/2023

FAO Forestry will play a key role in contributing to the deliberations of the upcoming United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF18). 

Social forestry community Ciwidey, West Java, Indonesia
01/03/2023

The Green Climate Fund (GCF), one of the world’s largest providers of forest finance, has joined the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) in a move that will enhance global efforts to end deforestation and ensure the sustainable management of forests and trees. 

08/02/2023
Through strategic partnerships such as the CPF, transformational change can be achieved, and barriers to addressing deforestation and forest degradation can be removed.