GLF Forests 2025: Defining the Next Decade of Action
On 24–25 April, GLF Forests 2025 brought together over 2,000 experts, scientists, policymakers, and grassroots leaders in Bonn and online to chart the future of the world’s forests.
As Brazil prepares to host COP30 in the Amazon, the event highlighted urgent action needed to protect forests from deforestation and climate impacts.
Building on insights from COP29 and 30 years of CIFOR-ICRAF research, the conference laid the groundwork for a resilient, just, and productive future for forests.
About this session
Forests are a key nature-based solution to climate change and biodiversity loss, but their ability to thrive depends on sustainable management, informed by both science and traditional knowledge. Join diverse partnerships and initiatives from the International Model Forest Network (IMFN) and beyond to reimagine the future of forests in a rapidly-changing environment, highlighting IMFN’s Model Forests as living laboratories for integrated and participatory forest management. The session showcases concrete solutions, share lessons learned and explore how these strategies can be adapted and scaled globally, focusing on partnership approaches to forest and landscape restoration. From the importance of shared landscape level governance to links with climate and biodiversity policy, this forum explores practical strategies for sustainable forest landscapes.
