The Korea Forest Service announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Korea Forest Service and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for cooperation in the field of forestry in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 20. The signing ceremony was attended by Park Eun-shik, international forest cooperation officer of the Korea Forest Service, and Elizabeth Mrema, assistant executive director of UNEP. The gist of the MOU is cooperation between the two organizations in the areas of forest conservation and management, forest restoration, capacity building, and exchanges of forest knowledge and expertise to address three global crises — climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution — and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).