21 MARCH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS 2020 FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY Too precious to lose VIRTUAL EVENT Friday, 20 March 2020 • Welcome by Hiroto Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, Forestry Department, FAO • Introduction by event moderator, Tiina Vähänen, Chief, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO • Screening of the 2020 International Day of Forests video spot: “Forests and Biodiversity” • Video message by QU Dongyu, Director-General, FAO • Video message on forests and biodiversity by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity • Keynote address on forests and biodiversity by Mette Wilkie, Director, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO • Keynote address on the interdependence of people and wildlife in the 21st century by David Wilkie, Executive Director, Rights and Communities, Wildlife Conservation Society • Screening of the video "Restoring the balance between food security and wildlife conservation in the forests of northern Madagascar" • Announcement of the winners of this year’s International Day of Forests photo contest • Closing remarks by Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, FAO WATCH ONLINE AT 3 PM CET: WWW.FAO.ORG/INTERNATIONAL-DAY-OF-FORESTS The video will remain available online after the event
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21 MARCHINTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS 2020
FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY
Too precious to loseVIRTUAL EVENT
Friday, 20 March 2020
• Welcome by Hiroto Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, Forestry Department, FAO
• Introduction by event moderator, Tiina Vähänen, Chief, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO
• Screening of the 2020 International Day of Forests video spot: “Forests and Biodiversity”
• Video message by QU Dongyu, Director-General, FAO
• Video message on forests and biodiversity by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Keynote address on forests and biodiversity by Mette Wilkie, Director, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO
• Keynote address on the interdependence of people and wildlife in the 21st century by David Wilkie, Executive Director, Rights and Communities, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Screening of the video "Restoring the balance between food security and wildlife conservation in the forests of northern Madagascar"
• Announcement of the winners of this year’s International Day of Forests photo contest
• Closing remarks by Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, FAO
WATCH ONLINE AT 3 PM CET:WWW.FAO.ORG/INTERNATIONAL-DAY-OF-FORESTS
The video will remain available online after the event
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