The secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests held an online expert group meeting on the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable forest management

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National bureau of forestry and grassland government network January 28 – the United Nations forest BBS (UNFF) secretary in January 19 to 21, 2021 held a “new crown outbreak of forest sustainable management” online expert group meeting, six experts invited respectively on global outbreak of six areas of the new champions league’s influence on forestry research report, from 50 UNFF members, 11 forest partnership (CPF) members of the organization, 10 regional organizations and other stakeholders on behalf of a total of more than 210 delegates.

Six experts provide a comprehensive overview of the global impact of COVID-19 on forestry and the forestry sector in terms of the impact and challenges of COVID-19 on forestry and the forestry sector, the measures taken by forests and the forestry sector to facilitate recovery, and the possibility of enabling forests to play a greater role in promoting sustainable development.The participants discussed the experts’ report and shared the main impact of the epidemic on their forestry.

Meeting that a new crown outbreak of forest and its management, Lin for a living the livelihood of people and indigenous people and the women and children and other related people, forestry industry and forestry trade, institutional capacity, forestry investment and financing and international cooperation, and so on in different countries and regions have different degrees of influence, one of the worst affected is forest tourism leisure industry, timber trade and traditional export markets, wood supply chain, the local community and forest financing income, etc.To alleviate the impact of disease on forestry, to better promote the green recovery after the outbreak, experts should highlight the forest BBS and implement the important role of the United Nations forest strategic planning, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between member states and partners, prominent international goals concerning forestry forest in response to the outbreak gross domestic economic challenges and the national business accounting’s role, through the optimization of land use planning, eliminate policy obstacle, the stimulus package and other policy planning, increase international forestry official aid, development of green economy, attaches great importance to the forestry social economic recovery after the outbreak of important role in accelerating forestry recovery and development.As a result of the discussions, the meeting produced the Chairman’s Summary Report, which will be submitted to the UNFF Sixteenth Session.

The Center for International Cooperation of National Forestry and Grassland Administration organized delegations from Department of Animal and Plant Affairs, Department of Development and Reform, Department of Planning and Finance, Department of International Affairs, China Middle School Association, Chinese Academy of Forestry and other organizations to attend the online expert meeting.At the meeting, the Chinese side introduced the preliminary results of the assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on forestry in China, and put forward suggestions on mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on forestry.The information and suggestions provided by the Chinese side were included in the Chairman’s summary report.


Post time: Mar-05-2021