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Fourth Session
of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Geneva,
Switzerland, 3- 14 May 2004
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Negotiations Bulletin
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UNFF-4 HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday, 12 May
This
morning, delegates convened in parallel working groups to continue
negotiating Vice-Chair's draft texts on traditional forest-related
knowledge (TFRK) and on enhanced cooperation. In the afternoon,
the working groups negotiated text on monitoring, assessment and
reporting (MAR) and criteria and indicators (C&I) and on the
social and cultural aspects of forests (SCAF).
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View from the Palais des Nations, UNFF-4 location. |
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Kangas
Kari, UNFF Secretariat.
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WORKING
GROUPS:
Working
Group 1: Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge (TFRK).
Chair Xolisa
Mabhongo (South Africa) opened discussion on the draft decision
on Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge. Delegates began
by considering preambular paragraphs, then considered the operative
paragraphs.
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Working Group 1 Chair Xolisa Mabhongo.
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Jorge
Illueca, UNFF Secretariat.
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Mitzi
Valente da Costa, Brazil
(above, left), and Faisal Abdullah Al-Athba, Qatar (above, center),
on behalf of the G77/China.
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Tony
Bartlett, Australia.
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Jan
McAlpine and John Parrotta, US.
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Nicole
Schuabus, ENB
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Dairmuid McAree (Ireland) on behalf of the EU
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Faisal Abdullah Al-Athba (Qatar) on behalf of the G77/China.
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Jorge
Trevin, Argentina.
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Canadian
Delegates Bill Singleton, Anne Castle and Boris Romueger. |
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Mahouna
Tchiwanou, Benin.
Charlotte
Cudby, New Zealand.
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Social and Cultural Aspects of Forests:
On the role of the private sector, the G-77/CHINA opposed by
New Zealand and the US asked to delete the paragraph, and move it to
the draft text on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound
Technologies (FINTEST). The EU proposed to directly encourage
the private sector to take into account social and cultural aspects. New Zealand
opposed this, but agreed to delete references to the regulatory environment.
On
all stakeholders' involvement in decision-making, delegates
debated the US' amendment, opposed by the G-77/CHINA, on stakeholders'
participation in the development of legislation. They inserted
a reference to women and youth. The G-77/CHINA also objected
to the text on fire management as only one aspect of SFM, while
the US calling for retaining it as a way to incorporate practical
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Linda
Mossop-Rousseau (South Africa) speaking on behalf of the G77/China.
Mauricio
Limon Aguirre, Mexico.
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AM Working Group 2 Delegates of the G77/China.
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Working
Group 2: Enhanced Cooperation.
Working
Group II considered a revised Vice-Chair's draft text on enhanced
cooperation (EC) and policy and program coordination.
All agreed to a proposal by SWITZERLAND to focus on achieving
SFM. NORWAY, the US, SWITZERLAND, and NEW ZEALAND called for retaining
reference to the private sector.
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AM
Working Group 2 Chair Ngurah Swajaya.
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(Above,
center) Michael Prendergast, Ireland, on behalf of the EU.
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Tienko
Jean, Burkina Faso.
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Edwin Brown, US.
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Knut Øistad, Norway.
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Sandra
Limacher, Switzerland.
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José
Antonio Doig, Peru (above, center), spoke on behalf of the G77/China.
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João
Maurício Cabral de Mello, Brazil. |
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PM
Working Group 2 Chair Stephanie Caswell.
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Monitoring,
Assessment and Reporting (MAR), Criteria & Indicators (C&I),
and Ad-Hoc Expert Group (AHEG) MAR.
Working
Group II continued discussions on a Vice-Chair's draft text on MAR,
C&I and AHEG MAR.
On making information from national reports accessible to international
fora, the EU, with NEW ZEALAND, the US and CANADA, and opposed by
the G-77/CHINA, supported keeping reference to the seven thematic
elements of SFM. The reference remains in brackets.
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David
Rhodes, New Zealand.
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Carlos
Noton, Chile.
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Robert
Hendricks, US.
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Gregoire
Nkeoua, Congo.
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On
harmonizing definitions, the US proposed inviting countries as well
as CPF members, and suggested doing so by also convening expert
consultations. Delegates agreed, upon request by CHILE and CONGO,
to make explicit reference to FAO in addition to CPF members and
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AROUND THE
PALAIS
Are you familiar
with these conference participants?
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Bill Mankin, Greenpeace.
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Above
photo, left to right: Brazilian delegates Fernanda Rodrigues; Teresa
Moreira; and Mitzi Valente da Costa.
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Ralph
Roberts and Boris Romueger of Canada.
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Swiss
delegates Yves Kazemi, Christian Küchli and Jürgen Blaser.
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Tamilla
Gaynutdinova, ENB, and Edwin Brown, US. |
Links
to more information:
- United Nations
Forum on Forests (includes UNFF4 documents and information on
previous Sessions):
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/
- ENB
coverage of the Third Session of the United Nations Forum on Forest
(UNFF-3), 26 May - 6 June 2003, Geneva, Switzerland:
http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/unff/unff3/
- SD coverage
of the Interlaken Workshop on Forestry, Switzerland, 27-10 April
2004:
http://enb.iisd.org/crs/forest/sdlak
- ENB coverage
of thePreparatory Committee for the Negotiation of a Successor
Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA),
1994 (PREPCOM II), 10-12 November 2003, Yokohama, Japan: http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/itto/prepcom2/
- ENB coverage
of the 35th Meeting of the ITTC, 3-8 November 2003, Yokohama,
Japan: http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/itto/ittc35/
- SD coverage
of the World Forestry Congress 21-28 Sept. 2003, Quebec City,
Canada: http://enb.iisd.org/crs/wfc12/
- Linkages'
Portal on Forests, Deserts and Land:
http://enb.iisd.org/process/forest_desertification_land.htm#forest%20enb
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