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Summary Report
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced a summary report from this meeting. To download our report, please click below on the HTML or PDF icons. |
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 Country-Led Initiative (CLI) in Support of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF): Forests for People - The Role of National Forest Programmes and the Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests
17-20 November 2009 | Guilin, China |
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 Highlights from Tuesday, 17 November
The Country-led Initiative (CLI) by the People's Republic of China in Support of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) opened on 17 November 2009, with the theme "Forests for People: the role of national forest programmes (NFPs) and the Non-legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests (NLBI)." In the opening ceremony, statements were made by representatives of the State Forestry Administration of China, the Municipality of Guilin, the UNFF Secretariat, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Austria, the US Department of State, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, the German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). A plenary session was then held during which participants heard presentations on: forests for people in the context of the NLBI, NFPs and the UNFF; global and regional activities to promote forests for people contributing to the implementation of NFPs and the NLBI; and NFPs as a tool to facilitate stakeholder participation in promoting forest for people and implementing the NLBI.
In the afternoon plenary, delegates from China, Guatemala, Finland and Ghana presented their countries' experiences and lessons learned in implementing NFPs and the NLBI to improve livelihoods and eradicate poverty. Participants also met in four working groups, focusing on: policy, legal and organizational frameworks; sustainable production of goods and services; national arrangements to mobilize finance; and capacity building and participatory approaches. |
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| Ingwald Gschwandtl, Director, Forest Policy and Forest Information, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria |
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| Richard Lammel, Head of Forestry, German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection |
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| Yin Hong, Vice-Minister, State Forestry Administration, China |
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| Qu Guilin, Director General, State Forestry Administration, China |
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| Views of the meeting room |
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| Heikki Granholm, Councellor of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland |
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| Catherine Karr-Colque, Foreign Affairs Officer, Forest Policy, US Department of State |
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| Jerker Thunberg, Manager, National Forest Programme Facility, FAO |
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| Li Mingqi, Deputy Director, Forestry Administration, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China |
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| Jan McAlpine, Director, UN Forum on Forests |
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| A view of the dais during Jan McAlpine's remarks |
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| Huang Junhua, Vice Mayor, Guilin |
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| Participants during the coffee break after the opening ceremony |
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| Mahendra Joshi, Senior Programme Officer, UNFF Secretariat, discussed forests for people in the context of the NLBI, NFPs and the UNFF |
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| Stephanie Caswell, International Consultant, addressed global and regional activities or measures to promote forests for people contributing to implementation of NFPs and the NLBI |
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| Jerker Thunberg, Manager, National Forest Programme Facility, FAO, discussed NFPs as a tool to facilitate stakeholder participation in promoting forests for people and implementing the NLBI |
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Plenary I-Experiences and lessons learned in implementing NFPs and the NLBI to improve livelihoods and eradicate poverty from the country perspective |
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A view of the dais during the plenary session: Left to right: David Kpelle, National Project Coordinator, NLBI, Ghana, Dai Guangcui, Deputy Director General, Forestry Economic Development Research Centre, State Forestry Administration, China, Co-Chairs Qu Guilin and Ingwald Gschwandtl, Marja Kokkonen, Secretary General, NFP, Finland, and Ogden Rodas, Coordinator, NFP, Guatemala |
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| Dai Guangcui, Deputy Director General, Forestry Economic Development Research Centre, State Forestry Administration, China |
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| David Kpelle, National Project Coordinator, NLBI, Ghana |
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| Marja Kokkonen, Secretary General, NFP, Finland, and Ogden Rodas, Coordinator, NFP, Guatemala |
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| Marja Kokkonen, Secretary General, NFP, Finland |
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| Participants from Brazil, Bhutan and Austria |
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Photos from the Working Groups |
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| Rowena Soriaga, Regional Operations Manager, Asia Forest Network, facilitated the working group on capacity building and participatory approaches |
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| Participants during the working group on capacity building |
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| Participants during the working group on national arrangements to mobilize finance |
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| Participants during the working group on capacity building |
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| Participants during the working group on sustainable production of goods and services |
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| Evy von Pfeil, Senior Forest Policy Advisor, GTZ |
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Reports back from the Working Groups to Plenary |
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Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet) resources
 Meeting website
Background documents
General resources
National Forest Programme
NFP Facility
UNFCCC REDD Platform
The Convention on Biological Diversity: Programme on Forests
FAO Forestry
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests
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