The carbon in forestsВ exceeds the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere.More than a quarter of modern medicines, worth an estimated US$ 108 billion a year, originate from tropical forest plants.The livelihoods of 1.6 billion people depend on forests.Forests are home to 80% of the worldвЂ™s terrestrial biodiversity.Over 40% of the worldвЂ™s oxygenВ is produced by rainforests.We produce and serve as a trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.As the worldвЂ™s largest and most diverse environmental network, we forge and support effective partnerships, including leading the Secretariat for the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration and Secretariat for the Bonn Challenge.We are an Implementing Agency for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and an Accredited Entity under the Global Climate Fund (GCF).With an established presence for 70 years in all regions of the world, including over 50 countries with forest programme activities, we support long-term transformative change.As an intergovernmental organisation, with State and non-State Members, we are uniquely able to offer forest and land-use solutions from the concept stage through to knowledge and data generation, and from policy and decision making at all levels to results on the ground.в–є Primary forests Why engage the IUCN Forest Programme? Creating spaces for cross-sector dialogues to link the public and private sectors and civil society.Helping meet national sustainable development plans and international goals on climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation and.Unlocking financing for sustainable forest landscapes.Embedding community and individual needs and rights into resource management decision making.Strengthening the capacity of our partners through learning exchanges and training courses.Developing tools and methodologies, such as the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM).Inspiring political commitments to initiatives like the Bonn Challenge.Designing and advancing policies and initiatives at local, national and global levels.Equipping decision-makers with information and analysis.We carry out projects across the globe, achieving multiple objectives: We work with our State and civil society members and partners to build thriving and productive landscapes, to advance the rights and interests of forest communities, to engage investors, andВ to implement effective forest and land-use policies.

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