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Summary Report
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced a summary report from this meeting. To download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally-Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4)
10-14 June 2013 | Warsaw, Poland
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Daily web highlights
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The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally-Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4) will meet from 10-14 June 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.
The INC-Forests process was launched by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (FOREST EUROPE) to negotiate a legally-binding agreement on forests in Europe with a completion deadline of 30 June 2013. Although begun by FOREST EUROPE, INC-Forests is an independent process.
INC-Forests1 focused on providing guidance to the INC Bureau to elaborate the initial negotiating text of the agreement, and INC-Forests2 undertook a first reading of the initial text drafted by the Bureau and worked on revised texts.
INC-Forests3 was convened in two parts, the first from 28 January - 1 February 2013 in Antalya, Turkey, and a “resumed” session held from 3-5 April 2013 in Saint Petersburg, the Russian Federation. Among other things, INC-Forests3: completed the second reading of the draft negotiating text and launched the final reading; decided to bring the agreement “under the UN umbrella”; and decided on the roadmap for negotiations from Saint Petersburg to the Extraordinary Ministerial Conference slated for late 2013 in Madrid, Spain, where the results of the negotiations will be presented to ministers for possible adoption and signature.
Under the mandate given to INC-Forests, the Fourth Session is to be the last negotiating session. INC-Forests4 negotiators must not only finalize the substance of the main agreement text and proposed annexes on arbitration and conciliation, but also: complete the legal scrutiny of final clauses; consider major cost elements, possible sources of financing and options for the agreement; decide whether the agreement will be a regional or global convention; and decide which UN organ will host the agreement and which will be part of the agreement’s secretariat.
IISD RS will provide a summary report of thi Session on Monday, 17 June 2013.
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| View of Warsaw Mermaid (photo courtesy of the Warsaw Marriott Hotel, venue of the meeting) |
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Meeting resources
 Session website
Session documents
Session annotated provisional agenda
Draft negotiating text
Oslo Mandate
INC-Forests1 website
INC-Forests2 website
INC-Forests3 website
Resumed INC-Forest3
Other relevant resources
FOREST EUROPE
UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forestry Department
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of Tenth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF10), 8-19 April 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
IISD RS coverage of Resumed INC-Forest3, 3-5 April 2013, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
IISD RS coverage of INC-Forests3, 28 January - 1 February 2013, Antalya, Turkey
IISD RS coverage of Twelfth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change, 5 November 2012, Washington, DC, United States of America
IISD RS summary report of INC-Forests2, 3-7 September 2012, Bonn, Germany (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference Oslo 2011, 29 14-16 June 2011, Oslo, Norway
IISD RS coverage of the UNFF9, 24 January - 4 February 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the Twentieth Session of the Committee on Forestry of the FAO, 4-8 October 2010, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS archive of forestry meetings and backgrounder
Forests-L - A news and announcement list on forest policy issues
Forests Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Forests Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
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