Four themes guided the visual presentation: local values and local management, people at the bottom still squeezed, green economy but where are we innovating, and climate change and adaptation.

Sharing stories on forests and people's lives in Asia.

The photos and the stories depicted are common throughout Asia. Beyond the economic growth and modern development that are spurring many of these countries in Asia as they globally engage, the poor continue to grapple with the means of daily livelihood, their basic needs, and their relationship with society. And all of this happens for them within the context of forest lands, traditional practices, corporate development, and local governance. For many peoples, the forest lands are their deepest source of meaning and this knowledge of the environment has sustained them for generations.

The exhibit was formally launched on 9 November with Pedro presenting to a small group the need to invest in the youth and their education, the cultures that strive to maintain their sense of integrity and equity in a modern world, and in the management of forests that is inclusive of the poor who live in, and depend on, these forests.

The photo exhibit was made possible with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization-Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP), the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (AFPNet), and Asia Forest Network (AFN).