Dentify and address critical issues in the management of forests

serve as a key forum for all those concerned with the forestry sector to share their experience and expertise and pave the way for effective translation of forestry research into actions for its sustainability.
Provide a platform to encourage and strengthen forestry research and development for the benefit of the people and industry that depend on forests and related sectors for their economic and social well being.
Ifor the sustenance of rural, tribal and indigenous communities.
To provide a stage for all stakeholders to collaborate over the better management of forests and ensure food, water and energy security, thereby contributing to the global Sustainable Development Goals.
Over 500 delegates will attend the event. One of the other key speakers, Uttarakhand governor KK Paul, added that commercial entities need to take a more hands-on approach when it came to developing sustainable and ecologically sound programmes.

“Protection of forests is important for reducing disaster risk and greenhouse emissions. Governments, the private sector, local authorities, NGOs, and indigenous people — all need to work for it. Recent research has shown that the cash and non-cash incomes of the rural poor depend to a very high degree on what the forestry and environmental