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Our trees are dying. Deforestation has reached critical
levels and the implications are a mystery. Trees filter
our air of carbon dioxide and provide oxygen.
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WIKI
2011
Recognizing that forests and sustainable forest management
can contribute significantly to sustainable development,
poverty eradication and the achievement of internationally
agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development
Goals, the General Assembly, on 20 December 2006, decided
to proclaim 2011 as the International
Year of Forests ( resolution 61/193). It requested that
the secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, serve as the
focal point for the Year, in collaboration with Governments,
international, regional and subregional organizations and
processes, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and
relevant major groups. The Assembly invited the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in
particular, as the Chair of the Collaborative Partnership
on Forests, to support implementation of the Year. It encouraged
voluntary partnerships among Member States, international
organizations and major groups to facilitate and promote
activities related to the Year at the local and national
levels, including by creating national committees or designating
focal points in their respective countries. Details
QUESTIONS
How successful are reforestation efforts?
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