{"id":336180,"date":"2025-05-10T16:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T10:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=336180"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:26:51","slug":"united-nations-forum-on-forests-unff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-forum-on-forests-unff\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India actively participated in the 20th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF20), held at the UN Headquarters in New York from May 5 to 9, 2025. <strong>United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-336820 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/United-Nations-Forum-on-Forests-UNFF.png?resize=574%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)\" width=\"574\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/United-Nations-Forum-on-Forests-UNFF.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/United-Nations-Forum-on-Forests-UNFF.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/United-Nations-Forum-on-Forests-UNFF.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/United-Nations-Forum-on-Forests-UNFF.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)<\/strong> is a functional commission under the <strong>UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was established in <strong>2000<\/strong> with the objective of promoting the management, conservation, and sustainable development of all types of forests.<\/li>\n<li>The UNFF Secretariat is based at the <strong>UN Headquarters in New York<\/strong>, and it collaborates closely with major forest-related organizations through the <strong>Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)<\/strong>, which includes institutions such as FAO, UNEP, UNDP, and the World Bank.<\/li>\n<li>The Forum serves as a<strong> global policy platform<\/strong> for <strong>intergovernmental dialogue and cooperation on forest-related issues,<\/strong> engaging governments, international organizations, civil society, and other stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>key functions<\/strong> of the UNFF include:\n<ul>\n<li>Promoting the implementation of internationally agreed goals on forests.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening long-term political commitment to sustainable forest management (SFM).<\/li>\n<li>Facilitating the exchange of experiences, best practices, and policy coordination among countries.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the implementation of the <strong>United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2017\u20132030<\/strong>, which outlines six Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets to be achieved by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Membership:<\/strong> It has a <strong>universal membership<\/strong> encompassing all Member States of the United Nations.<\/li>\n<li>The Forum convenes annual sessions and periodically conducts <strong>Country-Led Initiatives (CLIs)<\/strong> to foster focused discussions on thematic priorities such as forest financing, fire management, certification, and ecosystem services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India actively participated in the 20th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF20), held at the UN Headquarters in New York from May 5 to 9, 2025. 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About the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) is a functional commission&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-forum-on-forests-unff\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":336820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,164,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-336180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/United-Nations-Forum-on-Forests-UNFF.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}