16th session of UN Forum on | Provisional Schedule of Side Events | 26-29 April 2021, UNHQ, NY

Date / MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Time 26 April 2021 27 April 2021 28 April 2021 29 April 2021

Mountain Forests’ Restoration: a path New Ways to Manage Forests and Supply Information Serving From Policy to Action: forest and economic to recovered, resilient and sustainable Chains: Innovative technology to advance Policy-making at all Levels revival with bamboo mountain countries and communities Organizer: Ministry of and , Organizer: International Network for Bamboo and Organizer: Permanent Mission of Kyrgyz Organizer: Australian Mission to the UN Finland Rattan (INBAR) Republic to the UN (on behalf of the Group Link: Registration Link: Event information and registration Link: Event information and registration of Friends of Mountainous Countries) Link: Registration

Promoting Forests as the Force in a Turning the Tide on Forest Knowledge and Partnership People Voices from the Forests Green and Resilient Recovery: Building Initiatives for Impact: Results and key Organizer: Collaborative Partnership on Forests Organizer: Major Group Workers and Trade union Momentum for the XV World Forestry (CPF) tools from the Program on Forests & Children and Youth & Science and Technology & Congress (PROFOR) and New Opportunities from Women Link: Event information and registration the PROGREEN Partnership for Sustainable Organizer: World Forestry Congress Link: Event information and registration Secretariat of the and Landscapes and Carbon Emission FAO Reduction Fund (CERF) Link: Event information and registration Organizer: World Bank (WB) Link: Event information and registration 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Forests, and Eradication of Improvement on the Global Forest Goals The Restoration Factory Poverty: A GFEP global assessment (GFGs) Implementation: Streamlining Organizer: FAO-UNEP report forest-related reporting and developing methodology for measuring performance Link: Event information and registration Organizer: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Organizer: Asian Forest Cooperation Link: Event information and registration Organization (AFoCO) & the National Institute of Forest Science of Korea (NIFoS) Link: Event information and registration

Learning from 20 years of The Forests Dialogue: Multi-stakeholder dialogue principles, approach and organizational structure Organizer: African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF) Link: Event information and registration

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As of 21 April 2021