The first World Rainforest Day was launched on 22 June 22 2017 by Rainforest Partnership as a collaborative effort to raise awareness and encourage action to protect the world’s rainforests.

Rainforests are vital for survival. We depend on them for 20% of the oxygen we breathe, and the freshwater we drink. They absorb carbon dioxide, stabilize climate patterns, and are home to half the world’s plant and animal species.

World Rainforest Day is an opportunity to celebrate this precious natural resource, and take action to preserve it by raising awareness, and encouraging individual and collective behaviour that will have a positive impact on the protection of rainforests.

CNVP is a leading international civil society organisation that is active in all six Balkan countries. It uses evidence-based analysis to improve the sustainable livelihoods of rural communities affected by the ongoing process of environmental pollution and climate change.

CNVP’s areas of interest include: sustainable forest management; climate change, environment, bio-diversity and balanced natural resource management; as well as agri-rural development, including support for agriculture, forestry and wood energy value chains.