IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team
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We envision a world where resilient communities thrive in harmony with conserved and restored forests, grasslands, and other terrestrial ecosystems in multifunctional landscapes | IUCN's Global Forest and Grasslands Team | linktr.ee/iucnfgt
🔥Globally, wildfires are emerging as a leading threat to forests. Model Forests provide valuable lessons on how to execute wildfire management strategies centred around Nature-based Solutions, community engagement, & knowledge sharing.
📕To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📕To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Wildfire
Globally, wildfires are emerging as a leading threat to forests. As climate change continues to further alter weather patterns and disturbance regimes, the severity and frequency of wildfires are pred...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🔥Globally, wildfires are emerging as a leading threat to forests. Model Forests provide valuable lessons on how to execute wildfire management strategies centred around Nature-based Solutions, community engagement, & knowledge sharing.
📕To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📕To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
🐛 The diversity of life on Earth, or biodiversity, defines the world as we know it. Model Forests present unique strategies to protect, conserve, and restore biodiversity for the continued survival and diversity of life on our planet.
📗To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📗To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Biodiversity
The diversity of life on Earth, or biodiversity, defines the world as we know it. However, as our planet battles issues like habitat loss, climate change, and natural resource exploitation, biodiversi...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🐛 The diversity of life on Earth, or biodiversity, defines the world as we know it. Model Forests present unique strategies to protect, conserve, and restore biodiversity for the continued survival and diversity of life on our planet.
📗To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📗To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
⭐To leverage forests to meet global goals, we must address the gender imbalance between those who have power and those impacted. Model Forests present valuable strategies to ensure forests are managed in ways that are gender-responsive.
📙To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📙To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Gender
Forests are one of our planet’s most valuable resources in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. Although tremendous progress has been made towards restoring and conserving the world...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
⭐To leverage forests to meet global goals, we must address the gender imbalance between those who have power and those impacted. Model Forests present valuable strategies to ensure forests are managed in ways that are gender-responsive.
📙To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📙To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
🌀Climate change is an existential threat to nature and society, and Model Forests provide valuable lessons and replicable models on how to use forest conservation as Nature-based Climate Solutions.
📘 To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📘 To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Climate Change
Climate change is an existential threat to nature and society. As climate shocks intensify and the impacts of anthropogenically-induced global warming become increasingly damaging to people and ecosys...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🌀Climate change is an existential threat to nature and society, and Model Forests provide valuable lessons and replicable models on how to use forest conservation as Nature-based Climate Solutions.
📘 To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
📘 To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
🌎Taking place in Belém, Brazil, #COP30 has put the spotlight on one of the world’s most sprawling and significant ecosystems: forests. The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is an exemplar in successful forest initiatives.
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🌎Taking place in Belém, Brazil, #COP30 has put the spotlight on one of the world’s most sprawling and significant ecosystems: forests. The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is an exemplar in successful forest initiatives.
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
🌴 Over the past month, we have been learning about primary forests and the role that they play in mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity, supporting populations, and contributing to the health of our planet and people.
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌴 Over the past month, we have been learning about primary forests and the role that they play in mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity, supporting populations, and contributing to the health of our planet and people.
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
🌲At #COP30, global leaders gathered to celebrate 15 years of the Bonn Challenge – the world’s largest restoration initiative.
The milestone was honored at the event, The Bonn Challenge: 15 Years of Forest Landscape Restoration for Climate, Nature & People.
🔗Read more here: iucn.org/press-releas...
The milestone was honored at the event, The Bonn Challenge: 15 Years of Forest Landscape Restoration for Climate, Nature & People.
🔗Read more here: iucn.org/press-releas...
Germany and IUCN celebrate 15 years of the Bonn Challenge, the world’s largest restoration initiative
Belém, Brazil, 17 November 2025 (IUCN) – Today at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), global leaders gathered to celebrate the prog...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🌲At #COP30, global leaders gathered to celebrate 15 years of the Bonn Challenge – the world’s largest restoration initiative.
The milestone was honored at the event, The Bonn Challenge: 15 Years of Forest Landscape Restoration for Climate, Nature & People.
🔗Read more here: iucn.org/press-releas...
The milestone was honored at the event, The Bonn Challenge: 15 Years of Forest Landscape Restoration for Climate, Nature & People.
🔗Read more here: iucn.org/press-releas...
🌍Today, at #COP30, the IUCN-led Science Task Force of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, led by FGT team member Paula Prist, launched the report: "Lessons and Challenges of a Restoration Flagship: The Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact."
🔗Read the full news story here: iucn.org/news/202511/...
🔗Read the full news story here: iucn.org/news/202511/...
Lessons and challenges of a restoration flagship: The Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact
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November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🌍Today, at #COP30, the IUCN-led Science Task Force of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, led by FGT team member Paula Prist, launched the report: "Lessons and Challenges of a Restoration Flagship: The Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact."
🔗Read the full news story here: iucn.org/news/202511/...
🔗Read the full news story here: iucn.org/news/202511/...
🍁 Join our panelists on November 20th at #COP30, as they discuss the steps needed to protect our primary forests from increasing threats like fire.
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🍁 Join our panelists on November 20th at #COP30, as they discuss the steps needed to protect our primary forests from increasing threats like fire.
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
🌎 This morning at #COP30, the "Protecting the Overlooked Carbon Sink: A Policy Agenda for Grasslands" brief was launched.
🔗 Read the full report: wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/pr...
🔗 Learn more about FGT's work on grasslands: www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/s...
🔗 Read the full report: wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/pr...
🔗 Learn more about FGT's work on grasslands: www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/s...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🌎 This morning at #COP30, the "Protecting the Overlooked Carbon Sink: A Policy Agenda for Grasslands" brief was launched.
🔗 Read the full report: wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/pr...
🔗 Learn more about FGT's work on grasslands: www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/s...
🔗 Read the full report: wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/pr...
🔗 Learn more about FGT's work on grasslands: www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/s...
🌐 Launched yesterday at #COP30, the 2025 Amazon Assessment Report highlighted pathways to protect the Amazon.
🦋 IUCN Forest and Grasslands Senior Program Coordinator, Paula Prist, contributed to the report, co-authoring Chapter 3.
🔗 Read the full report here: www.sp-amazon.org/ar2025#conne...
🦋 IUCN Forest and Grasslands Senior Program Coordinator, Paula Prist, contributed to the report, co-authoring Chapter 3.
🔗 Read the full report here: www.sp-amazon.org/ar2025#conne...
Amazon Assessment Report 2025 — Science Panel for the Amazon
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November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌐 Launched yesterday at #COP30, the 2025 Amazon Assessment Report highlighted pathways to protect the Amazon.
🦋 IUCN Forest and Grasslands Senior Program Coordinator, Paula Prist, contributed to the report, co-authoring Chapter 3.
🔗 Read the full report here: www.sp-amazon.org/ar2025#conne...
🦋 IUCN Forest and Grasslands Senior Program Coordinator, Paula Prist, contributed to the report, co-authoring Chapter 3.
🔗 Read the full report here: www.sp-amazon.org/ar2025#conne...
🌽 Join us on November 19th at #COP30, to learn about finance-ready, nature-positive pathways for integrated agricultural landscape restoration.
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
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📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌽 Join us on November 19th at #COP30, to learn about finance-ready, nature-positive pathways for integrated agricultural landscape restoration.
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
🌳 Join our panelists on November 17th at #COP30, for a high-level hybrid event showcasing the next chapter of the Bonn Challenge.
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🌳 Join our panelists on November 17th at #COP30, for a high-level hybrid event showcasing the next chapter of the Bonn Challenge.
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
🌍 As #COP30 convenes in Belém, let’s highlight the role of forests at the centre of global climate ambition.
💡To learn more, check out the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team’s technical brief on Forests and Climate Change: iucn.org/resources/ot...
💡To learn more, check out the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team’s technical brief on Forests and Climate Change: iucn.org/resources/ot...
IUCN UNFCCC COP30 Technical Brief: Forests and Climate Change
Unlocking the Power of Forests for Climate ActionAs COP30 convenes in Belém, in the heart of the Amazon, forests are at the centre of the global climate agenda. They are among the most effective Natur...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌍 As #COP30 convenes in Belém, let’s highlight the role of forests at the centre of global climate ambition.
💡To learn more, check out the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team’s technical brief on Forests and Climate Change: iucn.org/resources/ot...
💡To learn more, check out the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team’s technical brief on Forests and Climate Change: iucn.org/resources/ot...
With UNFCCC #COP30 set to kick off in the heart of the Amazon next week, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team is excited to be organising several events examining the linkages between forest, grasslands, and climate change.
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
With UNFCCC #COP30 set to kick off in the heart of the Amazon next week, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team is excited to be organising several events examining the linkages between forest, grasslands, and climate change.
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
📚Let's break down the facts on the intersection between primary forests and people...
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📚Let's break down the facts on the intersection between primary forests and people...
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
🌿 People often consider primary forests to be forests untouched by human beings. However, many primary forests are also home to Indigenous Peoples. For many of these communities, forests are the basis of their identity, culture, belief systems, traditional knowledge, and livelihoods.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌿 People often consider primary forests to be forests untouched by human beings. However, many primary forests are also home to Indigenous Peoples. For many of these communities, forests are the basis of their identity, culture, belief systems, traditional knowledge, and livelihoods.
💡 Let's break down the facts on how primary forests help maintain human health...
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
💡 Let's break down the facts on how primary forests help maintain human health...
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
🏨Did you know the health of forests plays a role in the health of human beings?
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🏨Did you know the health of forests plays a role in the health of human beings?
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
📚Let's break down the facts on the role primary forests play in combating climate change:
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📚Let's break down the facts on the role primary forests play in combating climate change:
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
🌱 Primary forests are one of our planet’s best defenses against climate change.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🌱 Primary forests are one of our planet’s best defenses against climate change.
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🔥Last week, IUCN FGT Officer, Sairandhri Lapalikar, attended the UNFF Country-led Initiative on Forest Fires in Istanbul, Turkiye. The event focused on enhancing international cooperation and policy solutions on integrated fire management.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🔥Last week, IUCN FGT Officer, Sairandhri Lapalikar, attended the UNFF Country-led Initiative on Forest Fires in Istanbul, Turkiye. The event focused on enhancing international cooperation and policy solutions on integrated fire management.
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💡 Let’s break down the facts on primary forests and biodiversity:
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💡 Let’s break down the facts on primary forests and biodiversity:
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
🦋 Biodiversity is defined as the variability among living organisms, including within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Did you know that primary forests are some of the most biodiverse places on our planet?
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🦋 Biodiversity is defined as the variability among living organisms, including within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Did you know that primary forests are some of the most biodiverse places on our planet?
🌳This month, IUCN FGT attended the International Conference on Old-Growth Forests and Ancient Trees in Florence, Italy, where our team member, Anique Hillbrand, spoke on the importance of safeguarding old-growth and primary forests.
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌳This month, IUCN FGT attended the International Conference on Old-Growth Forests and Ancient Trees in Florence, Italy, where our team member, Anique Hillbrand, spoke on the importance of safeguarding old-growth and primary forests.
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!