IUCN welcomes ‘Forests 2011’ - International Year of Forests 03
January 2011 | News story The world’s forests are essential to
life in all its diversity and to attaining humanity’s biggest
goals such as reducing poverty, curbing climate change and
achieving sustainable development. Throughout 2011 IUCN will
work towards making sure that forests deliver their maximum
potential for human well-being and biodiversity conservation.
'Forests 2011’ will be an international celebration of the
central role of people in the management, conservation and
sustainable development of our world’s forests,” says Julia
Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General. “The air we breathe, the
food, water and medicines we need to survive, the variety of
life on earth, the climate that shapes our present and
future—they all depend on forests. 2011 must be the year when
the world recognizes the vital importance of healthy forests to
life on earth – for all people and biodiversity.” As a member of
the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, IU