EU/UN/ENVIRONMENT : FOREST PROTECTION, A GLOBAL PRIORITY IN 2011.

After biodiversity in 2010, forests will be at the heart of international concerns this year. The United Nations has declared 2011 the International Year of Forests. The aim is to alert global opinion to the dangers that threaten forests and to promote sustainable forest management at every level - international, national, regional and local. The year will be officially launched at United Nations headquarters in New York, on 2 and 3 February, during the high-level debate of the ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests.

At international level, the UN Forum on Forests...