The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy

Her Majesty The Queen hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to recognise the 20 countries which have already committed to The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy (QCC), a unique network of conservation initiatives that will preserve indigenous forests for future generations and create a lasting legacy of The Queen’s leadership of the Commonwealth. Guests included Sir David Attenborough, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, and High Commissioners in London.

The QCC was launched at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, in 2015. The QCC is a project designed to create a network of forest conservation initiatives throughout the 52 nations of the Commonwealth to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s service and dedication as Head of the Commonwealth. 

The initiative is being led by the Royal Commonwealth Society, in partnership with the NGO Cool Earth and the Commonwealth Forestry Association.

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Key Objectives

1. The QCC is committed to raising awareness within the Commonwealth of the value of indigenous forests and to saving them for future generations.
2. It will create a unique network of forest conservation projects that brings collective credibility and integrity to individual Commonwealth initiatives. 
3. It will raise the profile of the Commonwealth, demonstrating the capacity of its 52 member countries to act together as one to ensure forest conservation. 
4. It will use the Commonwealth network to facilitate a programme of knowledge exchange activities, to share best practice and to create new, collaborative initiatives that contribute to forest conservation across the globe.

More information on The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy website