Metsä2013 - Joint Session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) European Forestry Commission

Co-Chair Andrey Filipchuk, Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Forestry Agency

Florian Steierer, Secretariat, UNECE/FAO

Antti Koskinen, Pöyry Management Consulting, Finland

Ramazan Bali, Harvesting and Marketing Department, Turkish General Directorate of Forestry

Vladimir Styazhkin, Deputy General Director of Federal State Unitary Enterprise, State Research Center of the timber industry complex, Russian Federation

From L-R: Aljoscha Requardt, Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF), Kimmo Järvinen, European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS), and Bernard de Galembert, Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), presenting a new children’s book, “The unexpected forest.” The book is an initiative of these three organizations and the European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR), and aims to raise awareness of the potential contribution of forests to a green future.

Mike Jostrom, Director of Renewable Resources, Plum Creek Timber Company

Matti Mikkola, Senior Vice President, Building Solutions, Stora Enso

Bernard-Yves Capelle, Architect

Bernard de Galembert, Forest and Innovation Director, Social Affairs Director, CEPI

Martin Forsén, Chief Executive Officer, Domsjö Fiber

Co-Chair Andrey Filipchuk, Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Forestry Agency

Peter Csóka, FAO

Christophe Besacier, FAO