UN forest indaba for Durban

It comes at a crucial time for a world on the cusp of a new development era (the UN) is in the process of defining a post- 2015 development agenda), and comes just two months before world leaders gather in Paris with the objective of achieving a legally binding and universal agreement on limiting climate change. The Center for International Forestry Research estimates that about 240 million people live in forested regions, and that, in developing countries, forest-based activities provide about 30 million informal sector jobs.