A workshop has been held in Petrópolis, Brazil, to discuss ways to increase understanding of good practices and opportunities in Forest Landscape Restoration activities.

The Petrópolis Workshop, a country- and organization-led initiative in support of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF), took place from 4-8 April 2005. Its aim was to find ways to increase understanding of good practices and opportunities in Forest Landscape Restoration activities, stimulating political support, and catalyzing and demonstrating their implementation around the world. This meeting brought together over 100 participants representing local, provincial and national governments, international and non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The report of the Workshop will be forwarded to UNFF’s fifth session, which will convene from 16-27 May 2005, in New York. Participants also developed the Petrópolis Challenge, a declaration describing the goals and current status of forest landscape restoration. IISDRS coverage.