Since its creation in 2012, International Day of Forests, has been a celebration of transformation. Landing on March 21st each year, it coincides with a moment of impending change, as the world’s forests prepare for their most dramatic annual transitions—the imminent verdure of spring in the north and technicolor of fall in the south. It’s a time of global inhalation, of a world poised to move forward into a new moment.
That potential for transformation also defines the state of global forest policy as the international community celebrates this year’s International Day of Forests. Following unprecedented policy commitments and actions by the financial and corporate sectors, the international community stands at the threshold of meaningful forest protection.
Achieving that change, however, depends on more than what’s on the page. That’s why, this International Day of…