Making Copenhagen count

Forest Day 3

FFI attends Forest Day 3….

Forest Day 3

Forest Day 3 is hosted by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Collaborative Partnerships on Forests. It is the third in a series of days dedicated to keeping forests high on the climate change agenda, something that FFI also believes very important.

The first Forest Day, 2007 in Bali, informed the inclusion of forests in the Bali Action Plan. Last year in Poznan, at Forest Day 2, key stakeholders agreed that including forests in the global climate protection regime was urgent and that is was of upmost importance to manage forest for livelihoods, biodiversity and carbon storage.

This year Forest Day is dedicated to ensuring the design and implementation of forest-related climate measures are climate- and cost-effective with equitable impacts and co-benefits.

Forest Day is a critical event for FFI during COP15 as forests, forest management and REDD are key aspects of our work. We work to conserve significant areas of tropical and temperate forest habitat and the rich assemblages of animals and plants that they harbour.

Climate change adaptation and mitigation, the social impacts of REDD, degradation and biodiversity are just some of the topics to be discussed at Forest Day 3.

Check back later to get an update of the day from Natasha Calderwood from the FFI-Macquarie Taskforce.

The social impacts of REDD are discussed at Forest Day 3