The twenty-first session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF21) will take place at UN Headquarters in New York from 11 to 15 May 2026. The session is convened as a policy session, focusing on strengthening policy guidance and accelerating implementation of agreed forest-related commitments.
Adoption of omnibus resolution on agenda item 3 and its sub items (a) to (g), items 4, 5 & 6 Item 7. Dates and venue of the twenty-second session of the Forum. Item 8. Provisional agenda for the twenty-second session of the Forum. Item 9. Adoption of the report of the Forum on its twenty-first session First meeting of the twenty second session of the Forum (For the sole purpose of holding elections of Bureau of UNFF22-UNFF23) During the twenty-first session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, delegates will hold policy discussions on the implementation of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017-2030, including consideration of relevant proposals contained in the Chair's summary from the twentieth session. The United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 (UNSPF) serves as a reference framework for the forest-related work of the United Nations system and for the fostering of enhanced coherence, collaboration and synergies among United Nations bodies and partners with programmes on forests. It also serves as a guide to enhance the coherence and focus of the work of the International Arrangement on Forests and its components. The Plan features a set of six Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets to be reached by 2030, which are voluntary and universal. According to the quadrennial programme of work of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) for the period 2025-2028, the thematic priorities for the twentieth (UNFF20) and twenty-first sessions (UNFF21) of the Forum are Global Forest Goals (GFGs): 1, 3 and 5. Global Forest Goal (GFG) 1: Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation and contribute to the global effort of addressing climate change. Global Forest Goal (GFG) 3: Increase significantly the area of protected forests worldwide and other areas of sustainably managed forests, as well as the proportion of forest products from sustainably managed forests. Global Forest Goal (GFG) 5: Promote governance frameworks to implement sustainable forest management, including through the United Nations forest instrument, and enhance the contribution of forests to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
