Consequent to the UN General Assembly's adoption of the 'Millennium Development Goals', the global community has come together in a collective search for sustainable solutions to address the world's development challenges.

The UN General Assembly has proclaimed the year 2011 as the International Year of Forests.

The multiple roles of the forest sector present unique opportunities and challenges.

The foresters, no longer confined within forests; they have to march out to meet the international commitments as well as to negotiate the democratic aspirations of all the stakeholders of forests. In order to have the synergetic effect of all the efforts presently undertaken by different stakeholders in our country, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, has decided to organize the First Indian Forest Congress, 2011 and Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has been entrusted with this task.

The Congress will be organized at the NASC complex, DPS Marg, Pusa, New Delhi from 22nd - 25th November 2011.