(2nd meeting) UN Forum on Forests, 21st session…

Item 3 (b). Contributions of members of the Forum to implementing UNSPF:

(i) Report on the outcomes of the CLIs
(ii) New announcements of VNCs
(iii) Updates on VNCs and their follow up related to the thematic priorities

• Outcome of the CLI by Morocco
• Outcome of the CLI by Türkiye
• Outcome of the CLI by Austria

Item 6: Emerging issues

General discussion on item 3 (b), (i), (ii) & (iii), & item 6

Item 3(c). Contributions of and enhanced cooperation with partners to achieving the thematic priorities:

• Introduction of Secretariat Note (E/CN.18/2026/3)
  (i) Contributions of the CPF, its member organizations & the UN system to achieving the thematic priorities; progress on the workplan of the Partnership.
• Statement by CPF Chair
  (ii) Contributions of regional and subregional organizations and processes to achieving the thematic priorities
  iii)Contributions of major groups and other relevant stakeholders, including the private sector and philanthropic community, to achieving the thematic priorities; progress on major group workplans.

General discussion on item 3(c) (i), (ii), & (iii)

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.