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On 5 May 2011, the Romanian Academy hosted a national debate regarding the "2011, the International Year of Forests". [3] On 15 July 2011, in honor of International Year of Forests, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Lands and Forests kicked off the Celebrating New York's Forests Photo Contest. [4]
The International Day of Forests was established on the 21st day of March, by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 28, 2013. [1] Each year, various events celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests, and trees outside forests, for the benefit of current and future generations.
The year 1985 had been declared "International Year of the Forest" by the FAO Council. Year 1985 also marked FAO's fortieth anniversary, as well as the occasion of the Ninth World Forestry Congress in Mexico City. The theme of the Congress was "Forest Resources in the Integral Development of Society." [19]
National Geographic announces four new Signature Land Expeditions. The trips include expeditions to Australia, Portugal and the Azores, Sri Lanka, and Southern Africa. Furthermore, trips that have ...
To address these issues, there have been both national and international governmental efforts to preserve Earth's wildlife. Prominent conservation agreements include the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), a grouping of 15 forest-related international organizations, institutions and convention secretariats, was established in April 2001, following the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The CPF works to support the work of the UNFF and its member countries and to ...
As part of the United Nations declaration of 2011 as the ‘International Year of Forests’, CIFOR convened the Forests Indonesia (Hutan Indonesia) conference on 27 September 2011 at Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta.
National Geographic Society [1] One Earth: Photographed by More Than 80 of the World's Best Photojournalists 1990 Collins Publishers [16] Realms of the Sea 1991 National Geographic Society [17] American Legacy: Our National Forests 1997 National Geographic Society [18] The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland 2001