When:
March 21, 2023 all-day
2023-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
2023-03-22T00:00:00-04:00
Where:
Worldwide event
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to celebrate and 
raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. Countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns.
The organizers are the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Governments, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and other relevant organizations in the field.
Did you know?
- Forests are home to about 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, with more that 60,000 tree species.
- Around 1.6 billion people depend directly on forests for food, shelter, energy, medicines and income.
- The world is losing 10 million hectares of forest each year – about the size of Iceland