International Day of Forests focuses on food security and forest resources on March 21; United Natio…
ITTO celebrates the value of forests and trees for food security on this year's International Day of Forests. Photos: Alfredo Ruzol / FAO (IDF thumbnail) For Kongpool Boonyoung, the community forest near his home in Thailand’s mountainous north is like an emergency food bank, an insurance policy in case of hard times. “If something like COVID-19 happens again, we could survive in the forest for a while,” Boonyoung says. “If I had to live in Bangkok or another big city,…