2009/04/22: European Forests Provide Global Benefits

Climate change mitigation and adaptation, reversing forest degradation and loss, and biodiversity conservation are major topics at the eighth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF8), 20 April-1 May 2009, in New York, USA. The European concept of sustainable forest management plays a key role, capturing the multiple functions and objectives of forests. This is based on the principles developed by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE).