(3rd meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 21st session (UNFF21).
The twenty-first session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF21) will take place at UN Headquarters in New York from 11 to 15 May 2026. The session is convened as a policy session, focusing on strengthening policy guidance and accelerating implementation of agreed forest-related commitments.
Item 3(d). Interlinkages between the GFGs … SDGs under review by the HLPF in 2026 and 2027, the UNFCCC & the Paris Agreement, CBD & KMGBF …, and the UNCCD, including the LDNTSP, & other international forest-related developments.
Brief presentations
- OISC Director: Input to HLPF 2026, HLPF 2027 (5 min)
- COP30 of UNFCCC (5 min)
- UN Decade on Afforestation and Reforestation (5 min)
- GEF CEO (5 min)
- CBD ES TBC (5 min)
- IUFRO President (5 min)
- Forests For Food Security & Nutrition (5 min)
General discussion on item 3(d)
Item 3 (f). Means of implementation
Introduction of Secretariat Note (E/CN.18/2026/4) & update on the proposed GFFFN Office
General discussion on Item 3 (f)
During the twenty-first session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, delegates will hold policy discussions on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan
for forests 2017-2030, including consideration of relevant proposals contained
in the Chair's summary from the twentieth session.
The United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 (UNSPF) serves as a reference framework for the forest-related work of the United Nations system and for the fostering of enhanced coherence, collaboration and synergies among United Nations bodies and partners with programmes on forests. It also serves as a guide to enhance the coherence and focus of the work of the International Arrangement on Forests and its components.
The Plan features a set of six Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets to be reached by 2030, which are voluntary and universal. According to the quadrennial programme of work of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) for the period 2025-2028, the thematic priorities for the twentieth (UNFF20) and twenty-first sessions (UNFF21) of the Forum are Global Forest Goals (GFGs): 1, 3 and 5.
General discussion on Item 3 (f)
During the twenty-first session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, delegates will hold policy discussions on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan
for forests 2017-2030, including consideration of relevant proposals contained
in the Chair's summary from the twentieth session.
The United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 (UNSPF) serves as a reference framework for the forest-related work of the United Nations system and for the fostering of enhanced coherence, collaboration and synergies among United Nations bodies and partners with programmes on forests. It also serves as a guide to enhance the coherence and focus of the work of the International Arrangement on Forests and its components.
The Plan features a set of six Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets to be reached by 2030, which are voluntary and universal. According to the quadrennial programme of work of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) for the period 2025-2028, the thematic priorities for the twentieth (UNFF20) and twenty-first sessions (UNFF21) of the Forum are Global Forest Goals (GFGs): 1, 3 and 5.
Global Forest Goal (GFG) 1: Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation and contribute to the global effort of addressing climate change.
Global Forest Goal (GFG) 3: Increase significantly the area of protected forests worldwide and other areas of sustainably managed forests, as well as the proportion of forest products from sustainably managed forests.
Global Forest Goal (GFG) 5: Promote governance frameworks to implement sustainable forest management, including through the United Nations forest instrument, and enhance the contribution of forests to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Global Forest Goal (GFG) 3: Increase significantly the area of protected forests worldwide and other areas of sustainably managed forests, as well as the proportion of forest products from sustainably managed forests.
Global Forest Goal (GFG) 5: Promote governance frameworks to implement sustainable forest management, including through the United Nations forest instrument, and enhance the contribution of forests to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Related Sites and Documents: UN Forum on Forests (UNFF21) website & Organization of work.
Economic and Social Council
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