News

Specific tools of forest and environmental policy and legislation need to be developed and implemented to solve conflicts of interests e.g. between forest utilization and nature conservation.

Cities across the world are turning to urban green space as important contributors to quality of life and city competitiveness. Urban forestry is a crucial element in these efforts.

UNFF8 welcomed the global assessment report on "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change" prepared by the first Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP), coordinated by IUFRO through the CPF.

Urban forestry professionals are invited to participate in developing standards for urban forest data collection and recording, a process hosted by ISA, the US Forest Service, and IUFRO.

for the XIII World Forestry Congress in Argentina, Oct. 2009