In this sixth episode of the  #WorldForestVoices podcast, we bring your attention to youth in the forest and land-use sector. Youth are very instrumental in building green, healthy, and resilient futures. Over the recent past, young people have continued to air their voices on the need to foster intergenerational collaborations, build their capacity and strengthen their position in contributing to creating a sustainable future. Most recently, youth at the 7th Mediterranean Week released a...

It is no doubt that the world's forests are playing an increasingly invaluable role in sustainable development – including  among others, provision of genetic resources, raw materials, food, carbon sequestration and climate regulation, biodiversity conservation – hence it is vital to know the state of forests. In this fifth episode of the World Forest Voices, we host Mr. Ewald Rametsteiner who will unpack with us the state of State of the World’s Forests Report 2022. The report gives an...

Social media, traditional media and journalism play an instrumental role in services as the eyes of the public, access to information and amplifying messages. With such a capacity, the media as a whole possesses an enormous potential to amplify messages and accelerate mass mobilization for action on forests and the environment – however, it is evident that the media is still far from sufficiently projecting the role of forests in the global sustainable development agenda. In this fourth...

In this third episode, we host two youth leaders: Vinamra Mathur, from India, PhD student and the Youth4Nature regional director for Asia-Pacific, and Jennifer Hong from Canada, a policy analyst with Natural Resources Canada. Both are mobilizing young people around the world towards nature and forest conservation through their respective spheres of influence. And today they share with us the story behind Faces of Forestry, a campaign to promote and showcase the diversity of the forest sector...

In this second episode of  #WorldForestVoices, we host two inspiring young forest and landscape restoration change-makers - Analí Bustos from Argentina and Eva Makandi from Kenya - who are transforming the livelihoods of their communities through forest ecosystem restoration-based approaches. Both winners of the Global Landscapes Forum Restoration Stewards programme and Anali a winner of the WFC youth forest change-maker competition, shared with us their personal journey into forestry and...

In this episode, our very first guest Mr. Peter Csoka - the Associate Secretary General of the XV World Forestry Congress - shares his personal journey into forestry and the forest sector. He then addresses the importance of international events such as the World Forestry Congress as global fora to discuss the major challenges and existential threats we are facing, including biodiversity and climate crises, food shortages etc - and why this particular Congress is very vital to the future of...

In this short episode that marks the launch of the #WorldForestVoices podcast, listen to the co-hosts, Alina Gerke and Amos Amanubo interviewed by Pier Andrea Pirani about the purpose of the podcast, what listeners can expect and the diversity of guests we will host in upcoming episodes. Enjoy the voices of people and forests! #WorldForestVoices