24 – 25 April 2025
Bonn, Germany, and online
HYBRID CONFERENCE
GLF Forests 2025: Defining the Next Decade of Action
Join in Bonn, Germany, or online from anywhere in the world
We can’t solve the climate crisis without forests – but will forests survive in our warming world?
This year, Brazil will host the COP30 climate conference in the heart of the Amazon rainforest – putting the spotlight on one of the world’s most important tropical environments, a huge biodiversity hotspots and globally important carbon sink.
But forests are increasingly under threat, both from deforestation and from the climate crisis itself. The Amazon forest might be close to its tipping point. What do we need to do in the next decade to save the forests before it’s too late?
On the pathway from Baku to Belém, join a thousand experts, practitioners, policymakers and grassroots leaders from around the world to lay the foundations for a resilient, productive and just future for forests.
Detailed program information and in-person ticket details will be released shortly.
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Key themes
Taking stock
The state and future of forests
Policies
Forest policies for resilience and climate change mitigation
Carbon
Forest carbon and biodiversity markets, blue carbon, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and private sector engagement
Rights
Indigenous Peoples, forest communities, and just transition
Bioeconomy
The future forest basis for food, carbon, biomass-based products
Politics
Forest politics
Transparency
Trust, accountability, and responsibility for actions
Meet some of our past speakers
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Director, Deputy Director General
Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment -
Frances Seymour
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Chief Executive Officer
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Co-Chair
Science Panel of the Amazon -
Water activist, Anishinabek Nation
The Anishinabek Nation -
Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam -
Regional Coordinator Central Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany -
Arild Angelsen
Professor, School of Economics and Business
Norwegian School of Life Sciences -
Senior Forestry Officer & Team Leader Climate Change & Resilience
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Director of Asia
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Principal Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Director & Chapter Coordinator
Ranu Welum Foundation and GLFx Kalimantan -
Executive Director
Cultural Survival
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All you need to know about forests
Our top resources on these crucial ecosystems
Host a session, suggest a speaker or sponsor the event – get in touch!
Venetia Galanaki
V.Galanakicifor-icraf[dot]org