Issue highlights:

- What is a forest?
- How sexy are forests? most people take decisions not based on the head, but on the heart, guts and sex.
- Perspective: the 'Love' message trumps the 'Loss' message for grabbing the public's attention.

"We take a critical yet constructive look at how forest values are being communicated to non-foresters. One theme that runs through several articles is the need to recognize and respond to people's emotional connections to forests; another is the powerful impact of photographs to inspire readers to act on written messages" Stewart Maginnis, Head of IUCN's Forest Conversation Programme, and Keith Wheeler, Chair of IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication.
 

Issue highlights:

- Women and forest ownership

- Feature: recognizing that women are primary stakeholders of forest management schemes.

- Women and community forestry

"If we ignore gender, there is no doubt that we will fail in our efforts to strengthen forests' contribution to poverty reduction, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development... This issue takes a fresh look at some of these issues and considers how gender is being addressed both on the ground and in policy discussions on climate change and REDD".
Stewart Maginnis, Head of IUCN's Forest Conversation Programme and Lorena Aguilar, IUCN Senior Gender Advisor.