29January2015 - The Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the Secretariat of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) have the honor to transmit the following information in re lation to the 2015 celebration of the International Day of Forests (IDF).
The International Day of Forests was established by the UN General Assembly to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests. Forests have been at the forefront of many international discussions, from climate change to the post-2015 development agenda. In order to capitalize on this international interest, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) proposed that having a centrai theme for the 2015 celebration of the International Day would enhance coordinated Communications from the forest community, while enabling countries and organizations to tailor the theme to theír own priority areas.
To that end, the CPF has proposed that the theme for the 2015 International Day of Forests be "Forests, Climate, Change" or "Forests| Climate | Change", to communicate the links between forests and climate change, and serve as a call for action and change. We hope that you will join us in communicating forest-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more broadly forests and sustainable development, using the communication platform provided by the International Day.
To assist in your national celebrations of the International Day, the FAO Forestry Department and the UNFF Secretariat have produced various multi-media products. These information resources are available online through the FAO and UNFFS websites.
Yours sincerely,
Eduardo Rojas-Briales
Assistant Director-General and Head of the Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Manoel Sobral Filho
Director
United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Information resources available online for your International Day of Forests celebrations
Videos:
FAO's 60-second 2015 International Day of Forests video
Arabic: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/ar/?uid=11007 Chinese: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/zh/?uid=11002 English: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/en/?uid=11001 French: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/fr/?uid=11005 Russian: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/ru/?uid=11004 Spanish: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/es/?uid=11003 Italian: www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/en/?uid=11006
Other language versions will be available through the website.
UNFF's award-winning forest films (see films 55-67 and 74-84) | Languages: En, Fr, Sp, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL002C05D26762AAF3
Social media content
FAO's Forest Quiz on the benefits that forests provide | Languages: En, Fr, Sp (coming soon) www.fao.org/forestry/international-day-of-forests/en/
FAO's WhatsApp message marking the 2015 International Day of Forests | Languages: En, Fr, Sp (coming soon) www.fao.org/forestry/international-day-of-forests/en/
Facebook: FAO www.facebook.com/UNFAO (En, Fr, Sp)| DESA: www.facebook.com/joinundesa Twitter: @FAO Forestry https://twitter.com/FAOForestry | @UNDESA https://twitter.com/undesa Linkedin FAO https://www.linkedin.com/company/fao/ Google+ FAO https://plus.google.com/+UNFAO/#+UNFAO/posts
Posters and design products
FAO International Day of Forests design products | Languages: En, Fr, Sp, Ch, Ru, Ar
www.fao.org/forestry/81927
UNFF International Day of Forests design products | Languages: En www .un. org/e sa/fore sts/communications/design/
Archives from previous celebrations of the International Day of Forests
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the 2014 International Day of Forests
www.un.org/press/en/2014/sgsm15706.doc.htm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the 2013 International Day of Forests
www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2013/sgsm14888.doc.htm
FAO Press release for the 2013 International Day of Forests
www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1725 95/icode/
FAO Press release for the 2014 International Day of Forests
www.fao .org/news/story/en/item/217717/icode/
UN Press release for the 2013 International Day of Forests
www.un.org/press/en/2013/envdev1341.doc.htm
UN Press release for the 2014 International Day of Forests
www.un.org/press/en//2014/envdev1417.doc.htm
Background
In its resolution 67/200 of 21 December 2012, the General Assembly proclaimed 21 March of each year the International Day of Forests, to be observed starting in 2013, in order to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests. The General Assembly also requested the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to facilitate the implementation of the International Day of Forests, in collaboration with Governments, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and international, regional and subregional organizations and processes as well as relevant major groups.