COVID-19 Forestry Week
Online
From: 22.06.2020 to: 25.06.2020
The Twenty-fifth Session of the Committee on Forestry was planned to take place at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy from 22-26 June 2020. The Session has been postponed to a later date, until further notice, due to the ongoing health crisis.
Therefore, the COFO week of 22-26 June 2020 will be used to host a series of virtual meetings and events around the topic of “Building back better: COVID-19 impacts, forestry responses”. With this new virtual format, the events will be open to a broader audience, offering a unique opportunity to exchange, connect and find responses to the COVID-19 crisis for the forest sector.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global threat, the full effects of which are yet unknown but already impact social, economic and environmental dimensions. Forestry and forest-based sectors are not only strongly affected but also have a key role to play in mitigating impacts and rebuilding with sustainable solutions.
The Committee will examine a range of key global issues, including:
- The impacts of COVID-19 on the forest sector and how to respond;
- The State of the World’s Forests 2020: links between forests, biodiversity and people;
- Key findings of FRA 2020 and ways forward, focusing on digitalization;
- FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors;
- Forests as a nature-based solution for climate change;
- Forests and their role in transforming food systems;
- Contributions to the UN Decades on Family Farming and Ecosystem Restoration;
- Preparations for the XV World Forestry Congress;
- Food systems transformation, including stepping up action to halt deforestation, and the UN Food Systems Summit 2021; and
- The strategy and vision for FAO’s work in nutrition.
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