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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
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.
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.
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.
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. |
Participants
of the Children and Youth major group.
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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