Sustainable production and consumption of forest products promotes forest conservation, enhances the value of forests and mitigates climate change. Wood and non-wood forest products and their value chains substantially contribute to rural and urban livelihoods and directly contribute to achieving Global Forest Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, including Zero Hunger, climate and land degradation and biodiversity targets.

The sustainable consumption and production of forest products offers a wealth of synergies with broader development aims for economic recovery, growth of rural areas and circular economy innovation.

Scaling-up bio economies by using sustainable wood to replace carbon-intensive materials has high potential to become a cost-effective and innovative contribution at scale to achieve carbon neutrality and build economies that are more resilient.

This event aims to:

• showcase good practices from around the world on the sustainable production and use of forest products to increase awareness on the transformative potential of the forest sector
• explore efforts to strengthen dialogue platforms to disseminate good practices and advance policies to further expand the production and consumption of sustainable and legal forest products as well as investment as contribution to carbon neutral and resilient economies
• provide information on the supply and demand of wood to support policy and investment decisions towards increased sustainable use of wood.

Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese.

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Welcoming and opening

Moderator

Henry Bonsu

Journalist

Opening remarks

Speaker

Ismahane Elouafi

Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Setting the Scene | Reconstructing our climate with forest products

Speaker

Joachim Schellnhuber

Director Emeritus, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Panel discussion on sustainable production of wood and non-wood forest products

• Launch of the publication – Global forest industries outlook 2050: Assessing future demand and sources of timber for a sustainable economy.
  Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director, Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Forest and Livelihoods – an essential element of sustainable agri-food systems
  Hervé Martial Maidou, Executive Secretary, Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), Cameroon
• Sustainable Wood Value Chains – a forest-based contribution of the private sector to circular bioeconomy and climate neutrality
  Ross Hampton, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Forest Products Association, Chair of the FAO Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACFSI), Australia
• Wood energy – incentives for clean, efficient and sustainable wood production and transformation
  Phosiso Sola, Scientist, Natural Resources Governance and Bioenergy, Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR – ICRAF)
• Non-wood forest products – drivers for equitable and sustainable bio-economies
  Janaína Deane de Abreu Sá Diniz, Associated Professor, University of Brasilia – Campus Planaltina, Brazil
• Outlook: Future demand and sources for timber
  Sheam Satkuru, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

Speakers

Ewald Rametsteiner

Deputy Director, Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Hervé Martial Maidou

Executive Secretary, Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC)

Ross Hampton

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Forest Products Association; Chair of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-Based Industries

Phosiso Sola

Scientist, Natural Resources Governance and Bioenergy, CIFOR-ICRAF

Janaína Deane de Abreu Sá Diniz

, Associated Professor, University of Brasilia – Campus Planaltina, Brazil

Sheam Satkuru

Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

Interaction with the audience

Moderator

Henry Bonsu

Journalist

Wrap up and conclusions

Speaker

Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo

Director, United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat