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Produced by the World Rainforest Movement
Directed by Flavio Pazos
The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests
21/03/17
March 21st, has been proclaimed by the FAO as the International Day of Forests. But the FAO forest definition considers a tree monoculture plantation as a “forest”. By allowing this, the UN institution, is undermining the lives of millions of people from around the world whose livelihoods depend of forests and whose territories are invaded and threatened by tree monocultures.
On 21 March, hundreds of organizations from around the world are sending a letter to the FAO demanding-once again- that its forest definition recognize the diversity that characterizes forests and exclude monocultures from this definition.
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10 November 2011
When we talk about “the definition of forest”, what is perhaps most striking is the fact that, although there are many definitions of the word “forest” in different parts of the world, there is one definition viewed as more official and international, to which many national governments, institutions and other bodies and organizations adhere. This is the definition of forest developed by FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
