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Fourth
Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Geneva,
Switzerland, 3- 14 May 2004 |
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| Earth
Negotiations Bulletin
- ENB |
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UNFF-4 HIGHLIGHT
Tuesday, 4 May
2004
This morning, delegates to the UNFF-4 resumed discussions on the
status of the UNFF Secretariat, considered a presentation on national
reporting, and heard presentations on enhanced cooperation with
the Rio conventions, which carried into the afternoon. Also in the
afternoon, Working Group I heard the results of the ad hoc expert
group on finance and transfer of environmentally sound technologies
(AHEG FINTEST), while Working Group II continued work on enhanced
cooperation.
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View from the building of the Palais des Nations, location of
UNFF-4. |
PLENARY:
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UNFF-4 delegates attending today's plenary session.
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Panel Members (left to right) Susan Braatz, Pekka Patosaari; Yuriy
Isakov; and Moncef Khane. |
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Pekka Patosaari, Coordinator of the UNFF Secretariat
Jorge Illueca, UNFF Secretariat, presented results from national
reports submitted by several countries.
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Country
Statements:
 Listen
to:
National Reports:
Listen to Jorge
Ilueca presenting on trends in forestry.
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UNFF-4 Chair Yuriy Isakov
Rony Soerakoesoemah, ASEAN, highlighted the need to link forestry
to poverty alleviation, to share information and to strengthen cooperation.
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(Above, left to right) Matthias Schwoerer and Matthias Reich, Germany,
requested an overview of the implementation of all IPF/IFF proposals
for action.
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Above Photo (left to right) Antônio Pedra (Brazil), Boris Romaguer (Canada)
and Tasso Azevedo (Brasil). |
Enhanced
Cooperation:
WORKING
GROUPS
Above photo: Working Group 1 panelists. |
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Knut Øistad, Norway, presented the AHEG FINTEST report.
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Working Group 1: AHEG FINTEST
Listen to the
summary report of the ad hoc expert group on finance and transfer
of environmentally sound technologies (AHEG FINTEST), presented
by
Knut Øistad, chair of the AHEG FINTEST.
Working Group 2: Enhanced Cooperation
Working
Group 2 continued the discussions on Enhanced Cooperation with the
Rio conventions.
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QATAR,
on behalf of the G-77/CHINA, stressed the need for cooperation between
UNFF and the three Rio conventions. |
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Above photo (left to right) Working Group 2 panelists Susan Braatz,
UNFF Secretariat, and Chairman Ngurah Swajaya (Indonesia).
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AROUND THE
PALAIS:
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The
entrance to Salle XVIII, where delegates to UNFF-4 meet.
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The
main entrance to the building of the Palais des Nations where the
conference is being held. |
Selected artwork on display in the halls at the Palais des Nations. |
Links
to more information:
- United Nations
Forum on Forests (includes UNFF4 documents and information on
previous Sessions):
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/
- ENB
coverage of the Third Session of the United Nations Forum on Forest
(UNFF-3), 26 May - 6 June 2003, Geneva, Switzerland:
http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/unff/unff3/
- SD coverage
of the Interlaken Workshop on Forestry, Switzerland, 27-10 April
2004:
http://enb.iisd.org/crs/forest/sdlak
- ENB coverage
of thePreparatory Committee for the Negotiation of a Successor
Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA),
1994 (PREPCOM II), 10-12 November 2003, Yokohama, Japan: http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/itto/prepcom2/
- ENB coverage
of the 35th Meeting of the ITTC, 3-8 November 2003, Yokohama,
Japan: http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/itto/ittc35/
- SD coverage
of the World Forestry Congress 21-28 Sept. 2003, Quebec City,
Canada: http://enb.iisd.org/crs/wfc12/
- Linkages'
Portal on Forests, Deserts and Land:
http://enb.iisd.org/process/forest_desertification_land.htm#forest%20enb
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