Mario Boccucci
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About Mario Boccucci
Mario Boccucci is the Head of the UN-REDD Programme Secretariat. UN-REDD, a joint programme between FAO, UNDP and UNEP, has been working since 2008 with 65 developing countries, the private sector and civil society to halt deforestation while advancing sustainable development.
Could forests be our best strategy for COVID-19 recovery and reducing future pandemics?
Forests — with their significant carbon reduction and removal potential, health benefits, provision of livelihoods and food security for many rural poor and their potential to create an additional 80 million green jobs — are crucial for a sustainable, long-term global recovery.