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Interlaken
Workshop on
Decentralization in Forestry
Interlaken, Switzerland, 27- 30 April 2004
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IISD's SUMMARY REPORT is available
online in the following formats:
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HIGHLIGHTS
Friday,
30 April
This morning at the Interlaken workshop, participants continued
to develop the draft report in their working groups. In the
afternoon, a plenary session was held to review the second
version of the document. The workshop was closed at 4:40 pm
after final addresses by conference organizers and sponsors.
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The
forestry workshop was held in Interlaken Switzerland.
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- Working
Groups-
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Group 1: The allocation
of roles and responsibilities and coordination at different
levels and across sectors.
Group
2: Maintaining ecosystem functions, sustaining forest productivity,
and the appropriate application of knowledge and technology.
Group
3: Policy, regulatory frameworks and equitable benefit
sharing.
Group
4: Financial incentives, promoting investment and
private sector partnership.
Group
5: Participation, conflict and multi-stakeholder processes.
Group
6: Capacity building, technical and information
support.
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Lunch -
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participants waiting for the closing plenary
to begin after lunch today. |
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Plenary meeting -
After lunch, conference participants met
in Plenary to review the
second draft of the report and finalize recommendations.
| (Above
photo, left to right) panel members: Carol
Colfer; Jagmohan Maini; Jürgen Blaser;
Dedi M. Riyadi and Susan Braatz. The panel
members are giving special applause to Carol
Colfer for her hard work preparing the draft
document during the previous night. |
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photos: conference participants discussing
the recommendations for the draft report.
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Closing Plenary-
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After
4 days of discussing, learning, sharing
information and preparing a draft document
for the UN Forum on Forests (1 to 14 May,
2004) in Geneva, workshop participants,
organizers and sponsors ended their work
on a positive note. All speakers praised
the fruitful and stimulating discussions
that took place, as well as the excellent
work that the organizers had done, emphasizing
the effective collaboration between Indonesia
and Switzerland.
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 Listen
to the closing speeches by:
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Members (left-right): Jagmohan Maini; Susan
Braatz; Doris Capistrano, Franz Perrez; Jürgen
Blaser; Dedi M. Riyadi and Christian Küchli. |
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Jürgen
Blaser sounds the Gong for the last time during
the workshop.
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Workshop
participants thank the organizers with a
final applause. |
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Miscellaneous photos-
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David Kaimowitz being interviewed by a
reporter from WREN media.
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Achtung!
Don't make any fires! A sign found on one of
the many lovely hiking trails around Interlaken. |
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