2011 International Year of Forests - " Forests are more than providing us fresh air "

 
" Celebrating Forests For Poeple"

To bolster efforts that will promote sustainable management, conservation and development of forests worldwide, the General Assembly adopted

2011 international Tear of Forests
Resolution 61/193. International Year of Forests, 2011

The Year 2011 has been declared the International Year of Forests by the United Nations to raise awareness and strengthen the sustainable forest management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations.

Slide Shows

Photographs: International Year of Forests Launch Ceremony	Photographs: Ninth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Photographs: Opening of the Croatian and Turkish Forests 2011 Exhibits in New York	Photographs: International Year of Forests Logo Projection

 International Year of Forests Logo

International Year of Forests Launch Ceremony

H.E. Mr Joseph Deiss, President of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly	H.E. Mr. Stanislas Kimanzi, Minister of Environment and Lands, Rwanda	H.E. Mr. Božidar Pankretić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Forests and Water Management, Croatia
Mr. Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs	H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo Verduzco, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico	Mr. Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service
Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate	Ms. Jan McAlpine, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat	Mr. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, International Filmmaker
Ms. Lisa Samford, International Forest Film Festival (IFFF)	Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF)	Stewart Maginnis, International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Director of Development and Environment
Statement by Mr. Felix Finkbeiner, presenting “Felix & Friends”, a Plant-for-the-Planet Children’s Initiative	Press Conference: Stanislas Kimanzi (Rwanda) and IUCN on the International Year of Forests	Press Conference: Jan McAlpine, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Felix Finkbeiner on the Forest Film Festival
Ajouter une légende Press Conference: Eduardo Rojas-Briales and Wangaari Maathai on the International Year of Forests	Ajouter une légende IYF message by H.E. Mr. Božidar Pankretic, Deputy Prime Minister, Croatia	IYF message by H.E. Ms. Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
IYF message by H.E. Mr. Henry Ford Kamel, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana	IYF message by Dr. Yetti Rusli, Senior Advisor, Minister of Forestry, Indonesia	IYF message by H.E. Mr. Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica
IYF message by H.E. Mr. Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia	IYF message by H.E. Mr. Lars Peder Brekk, Minister of Agriculture and Food, Norway	IYF message by H.E. Ms. Rosario Gomez, Deputy Minister of Environment, Peru
IYF message by H.E. Mr. Janusz Zaleski, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Poland	IYF message by H.E. Mr. Veysel Eroglu, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Turkey	IYF message by Ms. Frances Seymour, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
IYF message by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	IYF message by Mr. Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General, FD, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	IYF message by Mr. Gustavo Fonseca, Director, Natural Resources, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
IYF message by Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)	IYF message by Ms. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	Ajouter une légende IYF message by Mr. Niels Elers Koch, President, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IYF message by Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Director, DEPI, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	IYF message by Mr. Dennis Garrity, Director General, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Video Message from Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon	UN Goodwill Ambassador Edward Norton

Celebrating Forests 2011 - Created by Adolescent (35 seconds)

"Forests" - A Film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (7:34)*

"Forests in Our Everyday Lives" - Created by Adolescent (30 seconds)