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12th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF12)

1-5 May 2017 | UN Headquarters, New York

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	The twelfth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF12) resumed on Wednesday, 3 May 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, delegates took part in a third panel discussion, which addressed the contribution of forests to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (Zero hunger). This was part of the technical discussion and exchange of experiences regarding the implementation of the UN Strategic Plan on Forests 2017-2030 (UNSPF). In the afternoon, delegates addressed the agenda item on monitoring, assessment and reporting (MAR), including hearing a report on: the outcomes of the Brasilia Expert Meeting on reporting to the UNFF; and the CPF Organization-led Initiative (OLI) on global forest indicators. Delegates also discussed the proposed format and cycle of voluntary national reporting to the UNFF.
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	L-R: John Parrotta, US Forest Service, Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Bhaskar Vira, University of Cambridge; Tomás Krejzar, Bureau member; Lana Emelina, UNFF12 Secretary; Paola Deda, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); and Bronwen Powell, Penn State University, US


	Bhaskar Vira, University of Cambridge


	Tomás Krejzar, Bureau member


	Delegates viewed a presentation by Bhaskar Vira, University of Cambridge, linking food security and forestry


	Paola Deda, UNECE, Moderator


	Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO


	John Parrotta, US Forest Service


	Bronwen Powell, PennState


	Sapol Boonsermsuk, Thailand


	Nancy Céspedes, Chile


	Nonito Tamayo, the Philippines


	Thomas Baldauf, Germany


	Christa Mooney, Canada


	Avhashoni Renny Madula, South Africa


	Estelle Ondo, Gabon


	Adam van Opzeeland, New Zealand


	Shari Ulery, US


	L-R: Hossein Moeini-Meybodi, UNFF Secretariat; UNFF Director Manoel Sobral Filho; Peter Besseau, UNFF12 Chair; and Moncef Khane, UNFF12 Secretary


	UNFF Director Manoel Sobral Filho


	Eva Müller, FAO


	Tomasz Juszczak, UNFF Secretariat


	Salina Abraham, Children and Youth Major Group


	Vicente de Azevedo Araújo Filho, Brazil


	Jennifer Conje, US


	Ingwald Gschwandtl, Austria


	Boris Greguška, EU


	Liubov Poliakova, Ukraine


	Oppon Sasu, Ghana


	Christoph Dürr, Switzerland


	Chitra Subramaniam, Malaysia


	Harald Aalde, Norway


	Markku Aho, Farmers and Small Forest Landowners Major Group


	L-R: Afsa Kemitale-Rothschild, UNFF Secretariat; Tomasz Juszczak, UNFF Secretariat; UNFF Director Manoel Sobral Filho; Tomás Krejzar, Bureau member; Lana Emelina, UNFF12 Secretary; and Eva Müller, FAO


	L-R: Ben Singer, UNFF Secretariat; Moncef Khane, UNFF12 Secretary; and Isabel Alejandrino, UNFF Secretariat


	Delegates from the Philippines


	Delegates from New Zealand and Norway


	L-R: Marilyn Headley, Jamaica, in a conversation with Emma Hatcher, Australia


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