(2nd meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 20th session (UNFF20).

The twentieth session of the UN Forum on Forests (5 -9 May 2025) will focus on accelerating progress towards Global Forest Goals 1, 3, and 5—addressing deforestation, expanding sustainably managed forests, and strengthening forest governance.


- Opening statements
- Election of officers - Item 1
- Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters - Item 2 (E/CN.18/2025/1)
- Technical discussions on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017-2030, Contributions of members of the Forum to implementing the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017-2030, Report on the outcomes of the country-led initiatives, New announcements of voluntary national contributions, Updates on voluntary national contributions and their follow-up related to the thematic priorities, Interlinkages between the global forest goals and targets and the Sustainable Development Goals under review by the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2025 and 2026, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, including the Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme, and other international forest-related developments, Implementation of the communication and outreach strategy of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017-2030, including activities regarding the International Day of Forests 2025 - Item 3, 3 (a), 3 (a) (i), 3 (a) (ii), 3 (a) (iii), 3 (c), 3 (d)



- Progress in the implementation of the outcomes of the midterm review of the international arrangement on forests - Item 4

  • Emerging issues - Item 6
  • Introduction of E/CN.18/2025/2
  • Presentations

- Technical discussions on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017-2030, Progress in the implementation of the outcomes of the midterm review of the international arrangement on forests, Emerging issues - Item 3, 4, 6

  • Joint general discussion

The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum has set many milestones including the first UN Forest Instrument in 2007, the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) in 2015, and adoption of the first UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 and its six Global Forest Goals in 2017.

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