United Nations declares the year 2011 to be the " International Year of the Forests"

The United Nations has declared the year 2011 to be the "International Year of the Forests" The organization is doing this in order to help focus the need to sustainably manage the World's forests. The United Nations has created a website devoted to this "International Year of the Forests" at the following address:


http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/index.shtml

You can also learn about this declaration by going to the following websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_Forests

http://www.suite101.com/content/international-year-of-forests-2011-a320046

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/campaigns/international_year_of_forests

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/697

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/forest/iyf/


Here is a video about the "International Year of the Forests"



Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXJolSac_8