This April: Experts define the next decade of forest and climate action
- On 24-25 April, experts and practitioners will gather in Bonn, Germany, and online to chart a course for protecting forests, which are home to 80% of Earth’s land-based biodiversity.
- Ahead of a pivotal climate COP in the heart of the Amazon, GLF Forests 2025 will lay the foundations for a resilient, productive and just future for forests.
- The Global Landscapes Forum invites all to join the event online in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.
Bonn, Germany (31 March 2025) – On 24–25 April, experts, scientists, practitioners, policymakers and grassroots leaders will convene at GLF Forests 2025 to foster global dialogue and action on forests, forge synergies beyond environmental policy and bridge the gap between high-level commitments and grassroots solutions.
Taking place online and in Bonn, Germany before the UN Forum on Forests, this conference offers a unique opportunity to dive into the power forests have on climate action, economic stability and human well-being.
Healthy forests are essential to mitigating the climate crisis, yet they are under intensifying threats in a warming world. GLF Forests 2025 is an important space to talk about safeguarding forests. The event will outline the next decade of action by focusing on:
- Turning forest commitments into action: What governments must do in 2025. Explore the new “2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority Actions for Governments in 2025,” outlining eight transformative actions to halt and reverse forest loss through finance, governance and land rights actions.
- The living forest: Food, forests and the future of community-driven restoration. Learn from grassroots efforts restoring ecosystems with agroforestry. Hear examples of how this work strengthens social dynamics, enhances food security, boosts economies aides climate resilience.
- What’s at stake for forests, people and the planet? Discover why the next decade is crucial for forests, how collaboration across sectors can drive meaningful change, and how to align global goals with local solutions for effective and sustainable forest management and restoration efforts.
- Learning from REDD+ for the next decade of forest action. Review science-based insights from REDD+ and identify what must evolve to achieve multi-level policy frameworks, improved forest monitoring, and stronger governance, equity and participation.
- Forests beyond trees. Explore evidence and tools supporting the sustainable, equitable and safe use of wild species. Unveil how humans can sustainably use forest ecosystems and how their value should be reflected in management and policy.
- IMFN: Action beyond words – Forest partnerships for landscape sustainability. Join experts from across the world in discussing practical solutions to reimagine the future of forests and explore ways to scale sustainable strategies for land use.
- The evolution of digital tools for sustainable forest management in the Congo Basin. Discover current trends in digital tools for forest assessment and management, such as remote sensing for mapping and monitoring. Discuss the transformational approaches needed over the next decade.
- Defining the next decade of action. Identify urgent actions needed to protect and manage forests sustainably. Hear from Brazilian leading actors shaping the forest agenda at COP30 and beyond, and explore critical next steps in forest research, finance, policy, and locally-led action.
You can find the full agenda here. All sessions will offer simultaneous interpretation in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Experts worldwide will redefine the role of forest ecosystems as a cornerstone of mitigation and adaptation, catalysts for equitable and sustainable development, and an integral part of human health and well-being.
Some highlighted speakers at GLF Forests 2025:
- Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas, Head of the Extraordinary Advisory Unit for COP30 at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Brazil.
- André Guimarães, Executive Director of IPAM Amazonia.
- Eliane Ubalijoro, CEO of CIFOR-ICRAF and Director General of ICRAF.
- Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo, Director, Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF).
- Leonard Chibwana, Stakeholder Engagement Officer at the Center for Applied Systems Analysis (CASA), Malawi and representative of GLFx Lilongwe.
- Subhra Bhattacharjee, Director General of FSC International and one of the 8 women with a new vision for Earth 2025.
Did you know? Forests…
- Cover 31% of the planet, but we’re losing 10 million hectares each year.
- Shelter 80% of Earth’s land-based biodiversity.
- Support agriculture and food production globally.
- Provide livelihoods for 1.6 billion people and food for 800 million.
- Are essential carbon sinks and biodiversity reservoirs.
Don’t miss this opportunity and apply to join online:
https://connect.globallandscapesforum.org/e/u/checkout/forests-2025/tickets/order