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Fourth
Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Geneva,
Switzerland, 3- 14 May 2004 |
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Earth
Negotiations Bulletin
- ENB |
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UNFF-4 HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday, 6
May
This morning,
delegates reconvened in working groups to continue their work on
social and cultural aspects of forests (SCAF) and monitoring, assessment
and reporting (MAR); forest-related scientific knowledge (FRSK),
and commenced discussion on criteria and indicators (C&I). In
the afternoon, delegates were engaged in the annual Multi-stakeholder
Dialogue (MSD).
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Palais des Nations, location of the UNFF-4 |
PLENARY:
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Above
photo: panelists of this afternoon's major groups multi-stakeholder
dialogue in plenary.
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Moderator Christian Mersmann
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Representative
of the Workers and Trade Unions Major Group.
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Major
Groups Multi-stakeholder Dialogue
Listen
to:
Major groups:
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Representative of the Scientific and Technological Communities Major
Group.
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Representative
of the Women Major Group.
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Representatives of the Farmers and Small Forest Land
Owners
major group.
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Representatives of the Indigenous Peoples major group.
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Representatives of the Non-governmental Organizations major group.
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Mary Coulombe (above, left) and colleague, representing the Business and Industry major group.
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Delegate
from Gambia
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Luis Ernesto Barrera Garavito, Guatemala |
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Fernanda Rodrigues (Brazil), spoke on behalf of Brazilian Youth. |
WORKING
GROUPS
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Pekka Patosaari, UNFF, thanked International Union of Forests
Research Organizations (IUFRO) and other CPF members for collaborating
in preparing the report on this issue.
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Sonia Tamez, US, said it supported decentralization and tribal self-determination
in forest management and asked UNFF to address illegal logging.
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Working
Group 1: Culture and Social Aspects of Sustainable Forest Management
(SFM).
During
the first part of the morning, Working Group 1 completed their discussions
on cultural and social aspects of SFM.
Forest-related
Scientific Knowledge.
The discussion
points covered by Working Group 1 in the latter part of the morning,
include: strengthen research capacities; develop a global agenda
for targeted research; increase interaction with stakeholders in
setting research priorities; support regional and international
networks; consider establishing a standing scientific body to UNFF;
and develop strategies for research funding.
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Finland
stressed the importance of youth involvement because youth carry fresh
knowledge and can gain experience in the participation.
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Saudi Arabia suggested that
the standing body for scientific research build
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Amha
bin Buang, International Tropical Timber Organization.
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Working
Group 2: Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting:
During
the first part of the morning, participants in Working Group 2
completed
the previous
day's discussions on monitoring, assessment and
reporting.
Criteria
and Indicators (C&I):
In the latter part of the morning, participants discussed
C&I.
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Tiina
Vähänen, FAO.
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Joong-Myung Kim, Korea, participating in Working Group 2 discussions.
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Amha bin Buang,
International Tropical Timber Organization, and Tiina Vähänen, FAO,
presented on C&I, noting that the report calls for the adoption
of seven common SFM themes: extent of forest resources;
biodiversity; forest health and vitality; productive functions of
forest resources; socio-economic functions; legal, policy and
institutional framework; and productive funtions of
forest resources.
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Franz Perrez, Switzerland (left), and Mike Fullerton, Canada (right).
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Rubén Darío, Colombia,
underscored the need for regional cooperation to avoid the
duplication of work.
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Jerilyn
Levi and Robert
Hendricks of the US suggested that UNFF abandon its focus on text
negotiations.
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Working
Group 2 Chair Stephanie Caswell.
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AROUND THE
PALAIS:
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Delegates
from Ecuador, Venezuela and Columbia.
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The
Italian Delegation. |
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Participants
of the Children and Youth major group.
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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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