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Summary and Analysis
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced a summary and analysis from this meeting. To download our report please click below in the HTML or PDF icons. |
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 Ninth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF9)
24 January - 4 February 2011 | UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America |
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Daily highlights (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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Highlights for Monday, 24 January 2011
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On Monday, 24 January, the ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF9) convened at UN Headquarters in a very chilly New York, under the theme “Forests for Peoples, Livelihoods and Poverty Eradication.” In the morning plenary session, delegates heard opening statements and addressed organizational matters, progress towards sustainable forest management (SFM), and the International Year of Forests 2011. Jan McAlpine, Director, UNFF Secretariat, presented on the Secretary-General's report on achieving the four Global Objectives on Forests (GOFs) and implementing the UN Forest Instrument, highlighting the interconnectedness of the GOFs and the Forest Instrument and lauding Ghana for being the first country to systematically implement the Forest Instrument. Delegates then heard opening statements from member States and regional groups.
The afternoon plenary session also addressed means of implementation, and heard about the launch of the FAO “State of the World’s Forests 2011.” The report of the first meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on Forest Financing (AHEG-1) was introduced by AHEG Co-Chairs, Jan Heino (Finland) and Macharia Kamau (Kenya). Co-Chair Heino said the creation of the AHEG provides a policy space to work towards an agreement on forest finance at UNFF10, while Co-Chair Macharia stressed the need for a solid intersessional process with full involvement of governments and CPF aimed at, inter alia: filling information gaps on possible sources of forest finance, assessing options for forest financing architecture for consideration by AHEG-2, and assessing the implications of REDD+, the Green Fund established the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 16), and other existing sources of finance.
Afterwards, a panel discussion was held on food, energy and economic challenges and opportunities, with special focus on women and youth. |
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| L-R: Jan McAlpine, Director, UNFF, Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Arvids Ozols, Chair, UNFF9, Vivian Pliner, Secretary, UNFF. |
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| Delegates preparing for the start of UNFF9. |
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| Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director General, FAO Forestry Department, presented FAO’s “State of the World’s Forests 2011” report on Monday 24 January, noting that it will be launched on February 2, 2011. |
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| Indonesia urged UNFF9 to link its outcomes with the MDGs. |
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Meeting resources
 UNFF9 website
UNFF9 provisional agenda
UNFF9 official documents
UNFF9 provisional organization of work
UNFF9 informational note
UNFF9 Bureau minutes
UNFF9 side events
Key forest related events in 2011
IISD RS resources
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IISD RS coverage of the Twentieth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 2010) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 4-8 October 2010, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of UNFF8, 20 April - 1 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of UNFF7, 16-27 April 2007, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS forests, desertification and land web page
IISD RS introduction to forests processes
Forests-L - A mailing list for news on forest policy
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
African Regional Coverage
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage |
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