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International Day of Forests March 21 2024

The theme of the 2024 International Day of Forests is “Forests and Innovation”. This year’s celebration aims to highlight how we can promote innovation to help the world’s forests, and how innovations in science and technology are supporting sustainable forest management.

Links to 2024 Website

About International Day of Forests

Background

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. Countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns.

The organizers are the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Governments, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and other relevant organizations in the field.

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Previous Years

Video 2023

2021 Video

2022: Sustainable Production and Cpnsumption

Video 2022