UNECE Forests
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UNECE Section advocating for #sustainableforestmanagement to achieve the #SDGs in the @UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. RT≠endorsement
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined December 2021
🌳 Breakfast & Stroll in the Parc 🌳 Join us to explore the Miyawaki Method — growing mini urban forests 10x faster! 🗓 5 Nov 2025 | 8–9 CEST 📍 Meet at Villa Rigot, Geneva ☕ Breakfast + site visit + discussion 🔗 Register: https://t.co/72EUAgCZo2
#Forest2025 #UrbanForestry
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🔴STARTING SOON! 6th Meeting of the Trees in Dry Cities Coalition 🌳 (14:00 - 16:00 CEST) 📘 Launch of UNECE Guides on integrating #UrbanForestry into policy 💧 Peer exchange on managing water for urban forests 🔗Click here to join:
📢📅Next week! Policy recommendations, peer exchange & city insights on sustaining #urbanforests in drylands 📘Launch of UNECE guides 🔬Science & city perspectives on managing #water for urban forests Speakers from #Barcelona, #Tucson & more! 🔗Register https://t.co/l1DaLJCLhm
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Chemicals affect every stage of clothing's life cycle, from pesticides to #microplastics. How can fashion do better? Tomorrow, join the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion to explore safer, sustainable solutions, including wood-based fibres. 👉 Register: https://t.co/z8AeWSilJC
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📢📅Next week! Policy recommendations, peer exchange & city insights on sustaining #urbanforests in drylands 📘Launch of UNECE guides 🔬Science & city perspectives on managing #water for urban forests Speakers from #Barcelona, #Tucson & more! 🔗Register https://t.co/l1DaLJCLhm
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What if #cities could grow #food, cut emissions & boost #resilience at once?🍎🌱 Food-focused #NatureBasedSolutions help: 🏙️ Embed food in urban landscapes 💡 Strengthen local food systems 🌿 Build greener, more resilient cities 📘Quick guide: https://t.co/5RCnxyJWni
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🌳With 30% tree cover, up to 12,000 lives could be saved (study by @ENEAOfficial, published in @TheLancet, part of the EU LIFE “Airfresh” project) At UNECE, we promote the 3-30-300 rule for healthier, greener cities: ✅3 trees in sight ✅30% canopy ✅300m to nearest green space
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How can sustainably grown #wood replace fossil-based materials in textiles, pigments, cosmetics, paints & plastics? Join us at #FOREST2025 for a focus segment on innovation for new markets. 📅4 November 2025 ⏰10:00–12:00 👉Programme and registration https://t.co/MbBm013lzw
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🌍🌳Forests are essential for #biodiversity, #climate regulation, human #wellbeing. Yet managing them is no simple task. At #FOREST2025, we’ll launch our newest publication - a 360° view of these forests and the challenges ahead. Join us➡️ https://t.co/Sv4YTjgB1f
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🌍 At #WRF2025, Paola Deda called affordable housing a global priority, and showed how #UNECE wood resources can drive low-carbon, sustainable cities🏗️🪵 📺 Full panel: https://t.co/R68iiq24y3
#SustainableHousing #Forests #BuiltEnvironment
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🌲Behind the scenes, the UNECE Forest & Bioeconomy team is gearing up for #FOREST2025! From 4–6 November in Geneva, experts will unite on 🌳 sustainable management, 🌍 climate resilience, 📊 markets & more🪵 📅✏️Stay tuned for updates: https://t.co/MbBm012NJY
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The @GENetwork is at #WRF25 plenary session 'Building for All: Global Strategies for a Fair & Sustainable Built Environment' discussing how int'l cooperation, governance, finance, & innovation support solutions for sustainable, fair built environment. ▶️ https://t.co/AM5n4v8XDZ
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@WRFSwitzerland @UNECE @EPFL_en @Empa_CH "You cannot have more forest products without sustainable forest management." Paola Deda of @UNECE highlights work to uplift use of forest-based materials in various fields - such as architecture & fashion - while preserving healthy forests, as demand for alternatives increases.
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On the agenda at #FOREST2025: FOREST ECONOMICS AND MARKETS - exploring the changing dynamics of sustainability, innovation, and trade in the forest sector📊🪵🏗️ Be part of the dialogue 👉 https://t.co/MbBm012NJY
#forests #wood #markets #foresteconomy
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Let’s talk #borealforests: 🌲27% of Earth’s forests 🌍Nearly half of primary #forests 🔥Threatened as the Arctic warms 2x faster Their future, and ours, depends on action. Join the conversation at #FOREST2025 📍Geneva | 4-6 Nov 2025 ➡️Register now: https://t.co/MbBm012NJY
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🔥🌍518,406 ha burned in Europe in 2025 so far Fires have forced mass evacuations, claimed lives, and devastated ecosystems from #Türkiye to #Catalonia, #Crete & #Marseille. And summer isn’t over 🎧Will fires keep rising? Can we reduce human-caused risk? https://t.co/0Ly7xhauYp
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Sustainable #forest management is one of @UNECE tools to help countries #BeatPlasticPollution. From construction materials to fabrics, #wood-based materials offer renewable, biodegradable & recyclable alternatives to plastics 📽️ https://t.co/pcJ7POGYPt
#INC5 @UNEP @UNECEForests
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Join us in Geneva, 4–6 November 2025, for the 83rd session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry🌲 From #policy and #trade to #innovation, discover how forests are key to today’s global challenges🪵🚛 ✏️ Register & explore the agenda: https://t.co/MbBm012NJY
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Plant food, grow futures🌳 Urban food trees help cities thrive: 🥦 Fight hunger 🌱 Build community 🌡️ Cool the climate 🦋 Shelter wildlife 🌇 Beautify neighborhoods 📑The Edible City: https://t.co/gVoFEN6Q6q
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The circular bioeconomy promotes efficient use of biological resources, such as forests, while minimizing waste. 📘 Read the new @FAO-@UNECEForests publication: “Sustainable and Circular Bioeconomy in Forest-based Industries: How to Get There” ➡️ https://t.co/BbjtAJV2BU
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#Cities don’t just emit #carbon. They can store it🌆 Building with wood means lower #emissions, natural insulation, and materials that support reuse and #recycling🌳🪵 A smart path to low-carbon, circular cities. 🏗️Low carbon construction in cities: https://t.co/W2u2MRQJLb
Why are we still building cities like it’s 1925? Concrete jungles. Heat. Floods. Exclusion. Instead, cities can be: 🌱 Climate-smart 🪵 Low-carbon 👥 People-led 🌳 Regenerative 📍 Risk-aware 🏠 Inclusive It’s not utopian. It’s already happening. Let’s design cities for life.
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