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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 Wednesday, 26 January 2011
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On Wednesday morning, 26 January, Jan McAlpine, Director, UNFF, introduced a Secretariat’s note on the multi-stakeholder dialogue, and three discussion papers prepared by Major Groups on the three sub-themes of UNFF9, namely: community-based forest management; forests and culture; and social development and indigenous and other forest-dependent communities, including forests land tenure. Director McAlpine commended Major Groups for their work in preparing joint discussion papers on each theme, which she said was unprecedented. Major Groups representatives then summarized and presented recommendations contained in the discussion papers.
In the afternoon, delegates met in two working groups to address, respectively, UNFF9’s main theme, “Forests for People, Livelihoods and Poverty Eradication,” and means of implementation. Working Group I heard presentations on the country and Major Group-led initiatives held in Guilin, China, Oaxaca, Mexico and Accra, Ghana. Delegates also shared their national experiences on forests for people, and discussed the proposed Forum’s recommendations to member states, Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) members and the UNFF Secretariat for addressing key challenges of forests contributing to poverty alleviation and human well-being. Working Group II addressed the assessment of the implementation of the forest instrument. Delegates discussed national experiences to implement the forest instrument and proposals to enhance the format of reports, as well as different means to facilitate the submission of member states’ reports to UNFF. |
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| Major Groups during the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue |
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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
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