IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team
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We envision a world where resilient communities thrive in harmony with conserved and restored forests, grasslands, and other terrestrial ecosystems in multifunctional landscapes | IUCN's Global Forest and Grasslands Team | linktr.ee/iucnfgt
⭐The Science Task Force (STF), was created by IUCN to act as an authoritative science reference point for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
To learn more about STF, read the blogs:
📕 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📗 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📘 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
📙 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
To learn more about STF, read the blogs:
📕 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📗 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📘 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
📙 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
⭐The Science Task Force (STF), was created by IUCN to act as an authoritative science reference point for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
To learn more about STF, read the blogs:
📕 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📗 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📘 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
📙 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
To learn more about STF, read the blogs:
📕 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📗 iucn.org/blog/202512/...
📘 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
📙 iucn.org/blog/202511/...
🌱Last week, Paloma Pressato and Gustavo Pacheco from WRI Brasil and Anique Hillbrand from IUCN met up in Brazil’s Mata Atlântica to explore how the FLR Hub can connect with local partners to accelerate restoration implementation in this critical landscape.
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🌱Last week, Paloma Pressato and Gustavo Pacheco from WRI Brasil and Anique Hillbrand from IUCN met up in Brazil’s Mata Atlântica to explore how the FLR Hub can connect with local partners to accelerate restoration implementation in this critical landscape.
🌎 In November, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team had the honour of joining IUCN's delegation at #COP30.
📚Read this story to learn about how the Forest and Grasslands Team engaged at COP30, and reflections from our team members and partners who were on the ground in Belém: lnkd.in/eQZFgnjG
📚Read this story to learn about how the Forest and Grasslands Team engaged at COP30, and reflections from our team members and partners who were on the ground in Belém: lnkd.in/eQZFgnjG
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🌎 In November, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team had the honour of joining IUCN's delegation at #COP30.
📚Read this story to learn about how the Forest and Grasslands Team engaged at COP30, and reflections from our team members and partners who were on the ground in Belém: lnkd.in/eQZFgnjG
📚Read this story to learn about how the Forest and Grasslands Team engaged at COP30, and reflections from our team members and partners who were on the ground in Belém: lnkd.in/eQZFgnjG
🥕 This Thursday, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team will be hosting the side event "Agroecology as a Pathway for Dryland Restoration" at UNCCD CRIC23. This side event will surface practical pathways to inform CRIC discussions on LDN.
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gC4YGP24
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gC4YGP24
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🥕 This Thursday, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team will be hosting the side event "Agroecology as a Pathway for Dryland Restoration" at UNCCD CRIC23. This side event will surface practical pathways to inform CRIC discussions on LDN.
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gC4YGP24
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gC4YGP24
🧑🌾Tomorrow morning, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team will be hosting the side event "Shared Pathways to LDN: Knowledge Exchange on Integrating Grasslands, Savannahs, and Rangelands into Implementation" at UNCCD CRIC23.
💡Learn more: www.unccd.int/cric23/13-iu...
💡Learn more: www.unccd.int/cric23/13-iu...
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🧑🌾Tomorrow morning, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team will be hosting the side event "Shared Pathways to LDN: Knowledge Exchange on Integrating Grasslands, Savannahs, and Rangelands into Implementation" at UNCCD CRIC23.
💡Learn more: www.unccd.int/cric23/13-iu...
💡Learn more: www.unccd.int/cric23/13-iu...
🐑 This evening at #CRIC23, the IUCN FGT will be hosting the event "Scaling Integrated Approaches to Drylands and Rangeland Resilience." This event will bring partners together to help shape a collective pathway for drylands and rangelands ahead of COP17.
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gd6ipkAe
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gd6ipkAe
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🐑 This evening at #CRIC23, the IUCN FGT will be hosting the event "Scaling Integrated Approaches to Drylands and Rangeland Resilience." This event will bring partners together to help shape a collective pathway for drylands and rangelands ahead of COP17.
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gd6ipkAe
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gd6ipkAe
🌍 The IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team will be at the 23rd session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention of the UNCCD
To learn more about the Forest and Grasslands Team’s vision, connect with our team attending CRIC 23:
To learn more about the Forest and Grasslands Team’s vision, connect with our team attending CRIC 23:
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🌍 The IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team will be at the 23rd session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention of the UNCCD
To learn more about the Forest and Grasslands Team’s vision, connect with our team attending CRIC 23:
To learn more about the Forest and Grasslands Team’s vision, connect with our team attending CRIC 23:
🌎Taking place in Belém, Brazil, #COP30 has put the spotlight on one of the world’s most sprawling and significant ecosystems: forests. The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is an exemplar in successful forest initiatives.
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🌎Taking place in Belém, Brazil, #COP30 has put the spotlight on one of the world’s most sprawling and significant ecosystems: forests. The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is an exemplar in successful forest initiatives.
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
🌴 Over the past month, we have been learning about primary forests and the role that they play in mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity, supporting populations, and contributing to the health of our planet and people.
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌴 Over the past month, we have been learning about primary forests and the role that they play in mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity, supporting populations, and contributing to the health of our planet and people.
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
🍁 Join our panelists on November 20th at #COP30, as they discuss the steps needed to protect our primary forests from increasing threats like fire.
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🍁 Join our panelists on November 20th at #COP30, as they discuss the steps needed to protect our primary forests from increasing threats like fire.
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
🌽 Join us on November 19th at #COP30, to learn about finance-ready, nature-positive pathways for integrated agricultural landscape restoration.
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌽 Join us on November 19th at #COP30, to learn about finance-ready, nature-positive pathways for integrated agricultural landscape restoration.
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
📅 Date: November 19, 2025
🕓 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 BRT
📍 Location: AgriZone (Room 2)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gUdbx99W
🌳 Join our panelists on November 17th at #COP30, for a high-level hybrid event showcasing the next chapter of the Bonn Challenge.
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🌳 Join our panelists on November 17th at #COP30, for a high-level hybrid event showcasing the next chapter of the Bonn Challenge.
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
📅 Date: November 17, 2025
🕓 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 BRT
📍 Location: GLR Climate Action on Food Hub Pavilion, (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gCqR3TJ8
With UNFCCC #COP30 set to kick off in the heart of the Amazon next week, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team is excited to be organising several events examining the linkages between forest, grasslands, and climate change.
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
With UNFCCC #COP30 set to kick off in the heart of the Amazon next week, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team is excited to be organising several events examining the linkages between forest, grasslands, and climate change.
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
Learn more about our work here: linktr.ee/iucnfgt
📚Let's break down the facts on the intersection between primary forests and people...
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📚Let's break down the facts on the intersection between primary forests and people...
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
We need to stand with local communities that rely on primary forests and intact forest landscapes, because so often they are the custodians who ensure these forests’ continued survival.
🌿 People often consider primary forests to be forests untouched by human beings. However, many primary forests are also home to Indigenous Peoples. For many of these communities, forests are the basis of their identity, culture, belief systems, traditional knowledge, and livelihoods.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌿 People often consider primary forests to be forests untouched by human beings. However, many primary forests are also home to Indigenous Peoples. For many of these communities, forests are the basis of their identity, culture, belief systems, traditional knowledge, and livelihoods.
💡 Let's break down the facts on how primary forests help maintain human health...
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
💡 Let's break down the facts on how primary forests help maintain human health...
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
Keeping our forests healthy also means keeping humans healthy. Continue following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests make a positive impact.
🏨Did you know the health of forests plays a role in the health of human beings?
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🏨Did you know the health of forests plays a role in the health of human beings?
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
Keeping our forests standing is crucial for health – of both our planet and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit it.
📚Let's break down the facts on the role primary forests play in combating climate change:
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📚Let's break down the facts on the role primary forests play in combating climate change:
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
By ensuring the continuation of ancient ecosystems, like primary forests, we can take steps to help our planet combat climate change.
🌱 Primary forests are one of our planet’s best defenses against climate change.
To learn more, follow along or check out some additional IUCN resources:
📗 lnkd.in/gGEKcF4f
📘 lnkd.in/gpzVBV9g
📙 lnkd.in/g4GQN_nP
To learn more, follow along or check out some additional IUCN resources:
📗 lnkd.in/gGEKcF4f
📘 lnkd.in/gpzVBV9g
📙 lnkd.in/g4GQN_nP
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🌱 Primary forests are one of our planet’s best defenses against climate change.
To learn more, follow along or check out some additional IUCN resources:
📗 lnkd.in/gGEKcF4f
📘 lnkd.in/gpzVBV9g
📙 lnkd.in/g4GQN_nP
To learn more, follow along or check out some additional IUCN resources:
📗 lnkd.in/gGEKcF4f
📘 lnkd.in/gpzVBV9g
📙 lnkd.in/g4GQN_nP
🔥Last week, IUCN FGT Officer, Sairandhri Lapalikar, attended the UNFF Country-led Initiative on Forest Fires in Istanbul, Turkiye. The event focused on enhancing international cooperation and policy solutions on integrated fire management.
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🔗 lnkd.in/gkCrdURP
🔗 lnkd.in/g4RqQ92q
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October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🔥Last week, IUCN FGT Officer, Sairandhri Lapalikar, attended the UNFF Country-led Initiative on Forest Fires in Istanbul, Turkiye. The event focused on enhancing international cooperation and policy solutions on integrated fire management.
🔗 lnkd.in/g4RqQ92q
🔗 lnkd.in/gWx5zNdz
🔗 lnkd.in/gkCrdURP
🔗 lnkd.in/g4RqQ92q
🔗 lnkd.in/gWx5zNdz
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💡 Let’s break down the facts on primary forests and biodiversity:
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
💡 Let’s break down the facts on primary forests and biodiversity:
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
We need to keep primary forests intact for the sake of countless species across our planet. Keep following along with the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team as we explore more ways primary forests matter.
🦋 Biodiversity is defined as the variability among living organisms, including within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Did you know that primary forests are some of the most biodiverse places on our planet?
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🦋 Biodiversity is defined as the variability among living organisms, including within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Did you know that primary forests are some of the most biodiverse places on our planet?
🌳This month, IUCN FGT attended the International Conference on Old-Growth Forests and Ancient Trees in Florence, Italy, where our team member, Anique Hillbrand, spoke on the importance of safeguarding old-growth and primary forests.
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌳This month, IUCN FGT attended the International Conference on Old-Growth Forests and Ancient Trees in Florence, Italy, where our team member, Anique Hillbrand, spoke on the importance of safeguarding old-growth and primary forests.
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
Thanks to the ‘Carabinieri’ of Italy for organising this event!
🤔What is a primary forest?
🎬 Watch this 🔽 quick explainer.
📃 Check out IUCN’s Policy Statement on Primary Forests: lnkd.in/dh7CSuE2
📖 Read this article on the irreplaceable nature of primary forests: lnkd.in/g82RUXeE
💻 Follow the IUCN Forests and Grasslands Team in the lead-up to COP30.
🎬 Watch this 🔽 quick explainer.
📃 Check out IUCN’s Policy Statement on Primary Forests: lnkd.in/dh7CSuE2
📖 Read this article on the irreplaceable nature of primary forests: lnkd.in/g82RUXeE
💻 Follow the IUCN Forests and Grasslands Team in the lead-up to COP30.
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🤔What is a primary forest?
🎬 Watch this 🔽 quick explainer.
📃 Check out IUCN’s Policy Statement on Primary Forests: lnkd.in/dh7CSuE2
📖 Read this article on the irreplaceable nature of primary forests: lnkd.in/g82RUXeE
💻 Follow the IUCN Forests and Grasslands Team in the lead-up to COP30.
🎬 Watch this 🔽 quick explainer.
📃 Check out IUCN’s Policy Statement on Primary Forests: lnkd.in/dh7CSuE2
📖 Read this article on the irreplaceable nature of primary forests: lnkd.in/g82RUXeE
💻 Follow the IUCN Forests and Grasslands Team in the lead-up to COP30.
🌏With the #IUCNcongress now over, we at the Forest and Grasslands Team are reflecting on the power of the Union to bring together Members, partners, and communities to build a better future for people and nature.
📚 Here are some key takeaways from our team: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
📚 Here are some key takeaways from our team: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
October 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🌏With the #IUCNcongress now over, we at the Forest and Grasslands Team are reflecting on the power of the Union to bring together Members, partners, and communities to build a better future for people and nature.
📚 Here are some key takeaways from our team: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
📚 Here are some key takeaways from our team: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...