You are viewing our old site. See the new one here

Enter your e-mail address
to get free e-mail reports
Daily Reports
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily reports and a summary from this meeting. To download our reports, please click below on the HTML or PDF icons.
17 October
htm
pdf
HTML version PDF format
htm
pdf
18.19 October
HTML version PDF format
20 October
HTML version PDF format
21 October
HTML version PDF format
22 October
HTML version PDF format
23 October
& Summary
HTML version PDF format
26 October
htm
pdf
HTML version PDF format
Loading...
XIII World Forestry Congress (WFC 2009) and
Pre-Congress Workshop on Regional Forest Cooperation

17 and 18-23 October 2009 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
WFC 2009
Highlights for Saturday, 17 October 2009

Evy von Pfeil, GTZ, presented the main messages prepared by working groups as well as the final declaration of the meeting.

Climate Change Policy & Practice
Sign up for ENB
 
Daily Highlights

Saturday, 17 October - Sunday, 18 OctoberMonday, 19 October - Tuesday, 20 October - Wednesday, 21 October - Thursday, 22 October - Friday, 23 October

Pre-Congress Workshop on Regional Forest Cooperation

The side event on Regional Forest Cooperation took place on 17 October 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the occassion of the XIII World Forestry Congress, organized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the German Organisation for Technical Cooperaton GmbH (GTZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Thirty experts from regional organizations and initiatives, as well as 25 experts from research organizations, national and international institutions and representatives of multilateral and bilateral donors attended the event. 

Plenary

Jan McAlpine, Director of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat
Eva Mueller, Chief of the Forest Policy Service of FAO
Daniel Haas, Environment and sustainable use of natural resources, BMZ
Evy von Pfeil, GTZ International Forest Policy (IWP)
Peter Saile, GTZ, and Jorge Rodríguez Quiroz, Minister of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, Costa Rica
Participants engaged in a poster preparation session.
 

Presentations of regional organisations networks and initiatives

Raman Letchumanan, Director Environmental Division, Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Godwin Kowero, Executive Secretary, African Forest Forum (AFF)
Manuel Picasso, Secretary General of Amazon Treaty Cooperation Organisation, OTCA
 
Frances Seymour, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
 

Group Work Session

Group 1, moderated by Evy von Pfeil, discussed success stories, success indicators and lessons learnt.
Group 2, moderated by Godwin Kowero, discussed the comparative disadvantages of regional organizations and initiatives.
Group 3, moderated by Peter Saile, discussed how regional cooperation initiatives may improve their common work.

Closing Plenary

During the closing plenary, participants agreed on a set of recommendations to be presented at the WFC and thanked participants and organizers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Moderator Suhel Al-Janabi, Geomedia, and Jan McAlpine, Director of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat
Related Links
FAO Resources
XIII World Forestry Congress website
Programme
Forums
Speakers

IISD RS resources

IISD RS coverage of Eighth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF8), 20 April - 1 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, US
IISD RS coverage of Forest Day 2, 6 December 2008, Poznań, Poland
IISD RS coverage of Forty-fourth session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-44) and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees, 3-8 November 2008, Yokohama, Japan
IISD RS coverage of Forest Day 1, 8 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia
IISD RS coverage of ITTC-43 and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees, 5-10 November 2007, Yokohama, Japan
IISD RS coverage of ITTC-42 and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees, 7-12 May 2007, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
IISD RS coverage of UNFF7, 16-27 April 2007, UN Headquarters, New York, US
IISD RS coverage of Eighteenth session of the FAO Committee on Forestry, 12-16 March 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of XIIth World Forestry Congress, 21-28 September 2003, Québec City, Canada
IISD RS archives on forests
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
African Regional Coverage
View HTML version Please e-mail the Digital Editor should you have any questions regarding the content of this page
| Back to IISD RS "Linkages" | Visit IISDnet | Send e-mail to IISD RS |
© 2009, IISD. All rights reserved.