22
mar
Online
What is the state of the world’s forests?
According to an assessment released by the UN last year, around 4.06 billion hectares of forests remain in the world today. But what does this number mean when put into its many fluctuating contexts? The rate of deforestation is on the decline, according to the assessment, yet global warming is spurring wildfires in some of the world’s most carbon-rich forest regions. While desertification is being slowed through forest restoration in parts of Africa, the Amazon is reaching its tipping point of when it will dry and deteriorate from being one of the most famously lush ecosystems into one more like a savannah.
For the International Day of Forests 2021, this GLF Live on 22 March at 11:00 CET / 13:00 EAT / 17:00 WIB, will bring together three of the world’s preliminary forest experts, Robert Nasi (Center for International Forestry Research), Mette Wilkie (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) and Wanjira Mathai (World Resources Institute). In the discussion, they’ll address the state of the world’s forests and piece together the ongoing dichotomies of degradation and restoration to inform what’s needed to protect and create a promising global forest future.