These brief highlights some of the identified and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on development aspects interconnected with the forest sector, with a particular emphasis on the impacts on the production and trade of forest workers It proposes a series of recommendations as a basis for policy development in the aftermath of the crisis, and highlights potential opportunities to leverage the progress achieved so far, to ensure that decades of advances are not reversed Forest products, including non-wood forest products continue to support livelihoods throughout the crisis while delivering essential items, such as hygiene and sanitary products, biomass for heating, ethanol forsanitizer, respirator paper and packaging for parcels Forest preservation is currently a concern of many countries, including Indonesia, Basic policies are needed so that the problem of forest destruction can be overcome Furthermore, in order to achieve the objectives of forestry policy, there are several conditions after pandemic Covid 19 outbreaks, one of which is that there must be an active involvement in conserving forest resources