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Spotlight on importance of forests at UN meetings
14.01.2015 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Progress has been made in preserving forests since the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) was established 15 years ago but more still needs to be done, UN Radio reports referring to the
the assessment of Eva Muller, the Director of the Forest Economics, Policy and Production Division of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) who is attending a week-long meeting which opened in New York on Monday.
Ms. Muller says the forests are important not only because they provide raw materials but also because they also mitigate climate change by absorbing carbon.
«The UNFF has been in existence for fifteen years now and it has already achieved a lot. For example, FAO estimates now that global deforestation rates are slowing down but the deforestation rates have not yet been stopped and there is still a lot to do and the countries have decided that in May 2015 they will review what has been achieved and decide what has to be done to better protect and manage the worlds forest resources,» she admits.
Ms. Muller states the meetings taking place this week are to prepare for the decisions that are to be taken by the UNFF in May on the future of forests.
She adds this is particularly timely because later in the year there will be a major meeting on climate change in Paris, France and forests will play an important role in the decisions that will be taken there.
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