21 MARCHINTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS 2020

FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY

Too precious to loseVIRTUAL EVENT

Friday, 20 March 2020

• Welcome by Hiroto Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, Forestry Department, FAO

• Introduction by event moderator, Tiina Vähänen, Chief, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO

• Screening of the 2020 International Day of Forests video spot: “Forests and Biodiversity”

• Video message by QU Dongyu, Director-General, FAO

• Video message on forests and biodiversity by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

• Keynote address on forests and biodiversity by Mette Wilkie, Director, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO

• Keynote address on the interdependence of people and wildlife in the 21st century by David Wilkie, Executive Director, Rights and Communities, Wildlife Conservation Society

• Screening of the video "Restoring the balance between food security and wildlife conservation in the forests of northern Madagascar"

• Announcement of the winners of this year’s International Day of Forests photo contest

• Closing remarks by Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, FAO

WATCH ONLINE AT 3 PM CET:WWW.FAO.ORG/INTERNATIONAL-DAY-OF-FORESTS

The video will remain available online after the event