24 January 2011 - 24 January - 4 February 2011, New York, USAOrganiser: UNFF Secretariat The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) has declared 2011 the International Year of Forests (IYF). The event will be a celebration of the importance forests play in people’s everyday life. The overall objective of the Year is to strengthen the efforts to promote sustainable management, conservation and development of forests as well as to build momentum towards greater public participation in forest activities around the world.
The official launch of the Year of Forests will take place during the ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) . An International Forest Film Festival (IFFF) is in the core of the launch with the topic Forests for People.
The following intergovernmental organizations have been granted observer status by the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF):
Amazonian Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
Asia Forest Partnership (AFP)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC)
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
Montreal Process
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Secretariat of the Tehran Process for Low Cover Forest Countries (LFCCs