Capping two days of high-level debate, ministers in the Forum on Forests today pledged to promote the significance of forests in the post-2015 development agenda, reaffirming that the sustainable management of the world’s woodlands was vital to addressing other global challenges — from poverty eradication and economic growth to food security, gender equality and climate change.
A global arrangement on forests, bolstered by credible financing and means for monitoring and implementation, would help Governments and local communities tackle the illegal timber trade and economic activities that were eroding one of the world’s most valuable resources, ministers in the Forum on Forests said today, as they debated how to revise the normative framework guiding such decisions.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the G7 Stakeholder Conference on Climate Risk Insurance, held in Berlin today:
The Chair of the United Nations Forum on Forests today described the contours of the draft ministerial declaration and draft resolution that the policy body planned to send to the Economic and Social Council for adoption, following the close of its eleventh session on 15 May.
The nine major groups participating in the United Nations Forum on Forests had an essential role to play in translating international policy decisions into local activities for sustainably managing the world’s woodlands, speakers stressed today, with some advocating the creation of a body that elevated the many different voices of civil society.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the opening of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, in New York today:
With 1.6 billion people depending on forests for food, fuel, shelter and income, now was the time to strengthen the global political commitment to sustainably manage one of the planet’s most cherished resources, top United Nations officials stressed today, as the United Nations Forum on Forests opened its eleventh session.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council on Climate Change, delivered by Janos Pasztor, Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change, in Paris today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the workshop on the moral dimensions of climate change and sustainable development, “Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity”, in the Vatican City today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet, to the General Assembly meeting entitled “Harmony with Nature: Towards achieving sustainable development goals including addressing climate change in the post-2015 development agenda”, in New York on 27 April:
