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11th Session of the UN Forum on Forests

4-15 May 2015 | UN Headquarters, New York

Highlights for Thursday, 14 May 2015

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	A view of the room from the dais, during the High-Level Dialogue


	UNFF11 reconvened for its penultimate day of negotiations on Thursday, 14 May. The High-Level Segment met for its final day of discussions. In the morning, two roundtables - "Integration of Forests in the Post-2015 Development Agenda" and "Renewed Commitments to the IAF beyond 2015" - were held. In the afternoon, a High-Level Dialogue was convened with the heads and senior representatives of regional and CPF member organizations and Major Groups. The Ministerial Declaration, “The forests we want: beyond 2015,” was also adopted. Working Group 2 resumed its discussions on the draft resolution in parallel to the High-Level Segment. Several delegates expressed frustration at a perceived lack of reflection in the proposed text of progress made in the contact group. As of midnight, delegates were discussing the best way forward.
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High-Level Roundtables



	A view of the dais during the roundtable on "Integration of forests in the post-2015 development agenda"


	Bheki Cele, South Africa


	Hans Hoogeveen, the Netherlands


	Marianne Bibalou, Gabon


	Milena Sosa Schmidt, CITES


	Boubacar Diop, Mauritania


	Putera Parthama, Indonesia


	Raymond Mbitikon, Commission of Central African Forests


	Knut Øistad, Norway


	Hans Friederich, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan


	Max Lascano, Ecuador


	Ileana Villalobos, Venezuela



	A view of the dais during the roundtable on "Renewed commitments to the implementation of the international arrangement on forests beyond 2015"

High-Level Dialogue



	A view of the dais during the High-Level Dialogue


	Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General, UN-DESA


	Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, CBD


	Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive Director, ITTO


	Elliot Harris, Assistant Secretary-General, UNEP


	Gustavo Fonseca, GEF Secretariat


	Eva Müller, FAO


	John Parrotta, IUFRO


	Stan Nkwain, UNDP


	Narinder Kakar, IUCN


	Nandhini Iyer Krishna, UNCCD Secretariat


	Tiffany Hodgson, UNFCCC Secretariat


	Joseph Cobbinah, Major Groups

Contact Group / Working Group



	A view of the dais during Working Group 2 in the evening

Side Events



	The Republic of Korea and the CBD Secretariat organized a lunchtime side event on aligning commitments and actions through the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative to achieve broader SDGs.



	The Rights and Resources Initiative organized a side event on old challenges and new opportunities in securing forest tenure and improving forest governance.



	The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan organized a side event presenting a global assessment of bamboo and rattan, with case studies from three continents.

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