8th World Forest Week: Planting forests for carbon-neutral economies, landscapes and livelihoods
Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 13/10/2022

Planted forests have a prominent role to play as a critical nature-based solution in the transition towards carbon-neutral economies, sustainable landscapes and better livelihoods. While today, they represent an estimated 290 million ha, which is a mere 7 percent of the global forest area, their surface is continuously expanding, but not necessarily at the rate we need. Planted forests harbour an untapped potential to fulfill future needs in wood products, provide opportunities for substituting fossil fuel based and greenhouse gas-intensive products with renewable forest-based products, and restore degraded landscapes.

This special event will share experiences and current trends in planted forests and discuss the challenges, opportunities and best practices to enable their expansion as an essential nature-based solution to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, sustainable landscapes and livelihood opportunities.

https://www.fao.org/events/detail/8th-world-forest-week/en

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