Tuesday, 21 April
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Plenary
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On forests in a changing environment, delegates discussed reports on: forests and climate change; reversing the loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation in all types of forests and combating desertification; forests and biodiversity conservation; low forest cover countries, small island developing states and high and medium forest cover countries; and recommendations for addressing key challenges of forests in a changing environment. Jan McAlpine, UNFF Director, also presented on the Secretary-General's report on regional and subregional inputs.
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Risto Seppälä, Chair, Global Forest Expert Panel on Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change.
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Ecuador.
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Ranjana Gupta, India.
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Panel: Forests and Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification
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The Executive Secretaries of the three Rio Conventions were invited to present on forests and biodiversity conservation, climate change, and land management and desertification.
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Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, CBD.
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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD.
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Jan Heino, CPF Chair.
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Gustavo Fonseca, GEF.
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Maria Sanz-Sanchez, UNFCCC.
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Israel.
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Mame Baba Cisse, Senegal.
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Azizou El-Hadj Issa, Benin.
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Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland.
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DongKyun Park, Republic of Korea.
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Panel: Regional and Subregional Inputs
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Delegates heard from presenters on regional and subregional perspectives on forests in a changing environment.
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Christian Küchli, Switzerland.
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Abdul Wahid Abu Salim, Chair of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry.
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Richard Huber, Organization of American States.
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Martin Tadoum, Central African Forestry Commission.
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Arne Ivar Sletnes, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe.
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Marilyn Headley, Jamaica.
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Maria Palenova, Montreal Process.
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Wang Xue Hong, China.
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Working Group I: Forests in a Changing Environment
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Delegates heard a presentation on the publication "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change," and made general statements on SFM and climate change, and the role of UNFF in climate discussions.
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Working Group II: Means of Implementation
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Working Group II discussed the outcomes of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Financing, the Country-Led Initiative on Financing for SFM, and other recent initiatives.
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Side Events
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The Mission of Japan and ITTO hosted a side event on addressing gaps for sustainable forest management.
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The World Bank organized a side event on achieving global objectives on forests through innovative participatory approaches.
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Around UNFF8
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L: Ambassador Claudia Blum, Colombia, signaled an intervention.
R: Director McAlpine with a fan during lunch.
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