Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: PIB
Context: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is hosting a Country-Led Initiative (CLI) event as part of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Aim of the initiative:
The event aims to contribute to discussions on Sustainable Forest Management and the UN Strategic Plan for Forests (UNSPF), focusing on thematic areas related to forest fires and forest certification.
The meeting is expected to result in frameworks and recommendations for forest fire and forest certification management, to be discussed at the 19th session of UNFF in May 2024.
About the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF):
| About: | The UNFF is an intergovernmental policy forum that promotes the management, conservation, and sustainable development of all types of forests and aims to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end. |
| Establishment: | UNFF was established in 2000 by the UN Economic and Social Council. It has universal membership and is composed of all Member States of the United Nations. |
| Major Related Events related to the forest: | 1992: UN Conference on Environment and Development adopts the “Forest Principles” and Agenda 21. |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (1995) and Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (1997) were established to implement the Forest Principles from 1995 to 2000 | |
| 2000: UNFF is established as a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council | |
| 2006: UNFF agrees on four Global Objectives for Forests | |
| 2007: UNFF adopts the UN Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests (Forest Instrument) | |
| 2009: UNFF adopts a decision on financing for sustainable forest management, calling for the creation of a Facilitative Process to assist countries in reversing a 20-year decline in forest financing, with an initial focus on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCCs). | |
| 2011: The International Year of Forests, “Forests for People” | |
| The Four Global Objectives on Forests: | Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management (SFM) |
| Enhance forest-based economic, social, and environmental benefits | |
| Increase significantly the area of sustainably managed forests | |
| Reverse the decline in official development assistance for SFM and mobilize increased financial resources for the implementation of SFM. |
