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State of Environment and Related Issues

             World Forestry Day is celebrated around the world on 21 March, the day of the autumn equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. This day commemorates the contribution and value of forests and forestry to the community. Forest is the basis of life which contributes towards environmental, economical & socio economical. Sustainable Management of Forest has been recognized in the Earth summit at Rio and it has been stressed the need for enhancing the tree cover of 25% in the year 2007 and to 33% by 2012 to combat the global warming.

Wildlife is dying. Watersheds are diminishing, fish spawning streams are shrinking. Powerful yet to be discovered medicines are wiped out daily! We need to open our eyes to our behavior, our actions towards our forests. The forests help regulate our planet's temperature, provide us with oxygen and absorb pollution. Our forests are a continuing supply of nutrients and homes for all species including humans, after all before the city there was a forest, we just cut it down to build within it.

                    Forests | Climate | Change will be the subject of the 2015 International Day of Forests, which aims to highlight the role of forests in fighting climate change.

                     In order to promote the IDF a range of different material (including a logo, video, posters, banners) has been developed by FAO. You can use it to spread the word about the 2015 IDF and encourage global support for greater action in combating climate change.

This material can be found and downloaded from this link:  http://www.fao.org/forestry/international-day-of-forests/en/