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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
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UNFF-4 HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, 7 May
Today, delegates reconvened in working groups in the morning to
continue the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue (MSD), and in the afternoon
to continue work on traditional forest-related knowledge (TFRK)
and to begin work on the process for the review of the effectiveness
of the international arrangement on forests (REIAF).
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The famous globe of the Palais des Nations. |
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Jeff
Sayer, Working Group 1 Partnerships Moderator gave a thourough summary
of the multi-stakeholder dialogue on partnerships.
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Working Group 1: Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Partnerships
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to introductory
interventions made by major groups:
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Workers and Trade Unions Representative.
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Judith Mbula Bahemuka, Kenya.
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Ivar
Korsbakkeh, Norway
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Charlotte Cudby, New Zealand, said an indigenous chamber was
added to its national Forest Stewardship Council working group.
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Russel Diabo, National Aboriginal Forestry Association, Canada,
noted the importance of social indicators in partnership evaluation.
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Joseph Kobina, Scientific and Technological Communities, reminded
participants that there are many working partnerships already in place. |
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Representatives of the Women major group.
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Outi Orenius (above, left), spoke for the Children and Youth major
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Stewart Wilson, NGO Representative.
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Pham
Minh Thoa, Vietnam.
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Safiya Samman, US.
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PM Working
Group 1: Traditional Forest Related Knowledge
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Jorge Illueca, UNFF Secretariat.
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Xolisa
Mabhongo, pm Working Group 1 Chair.
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Manuel
Guariguata, CBD Secretariat. |
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Anne Castle, Canadian delegate.
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José
Antonio Doig, Peru, spoke on behalf of G77/China. |
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Representative of Workers and Trade Unions
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Working Group 2: Capacity Building
WORKERS AND
TRADE UNIONS emphasized capacity for combating drought and poverty.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES said information should be understandable,
timely, well translated and widely disseminated. WOMEN stressed
that women need communication capacity in order to better understanding
their own needs and to address policy accordingly.
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Moderator of the Capacity Building Working Group Peter Mayer.
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Representative of Women major group.
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Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri (above, left) Hubertus Samangon (above
right) represented Indigenous peoples. |
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Representative of Farmers and Small Forest Land Owners major group.
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Above photo, left to right: Children and Youth representatives Peter
Wood, Richard Fuckner and Siti Indriasari Galuh Sekar Arum. |
PM
Working Group 2: Review Process. In
the afternoon, Working Group 2 considered a Secretariat's proposal on
a process to facilitate the review of the effectiveness of the international
arrangement on forests.
Above
photo, left to right: Pekka Patosaari,
UNFF Secretariat;
Chairman Ngurah Swajaya (Indonesia); and Susan Braatz, UNFF
Secretariat.
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Delegate
from New Zealand.
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Delegate from China.
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Delegates
from Ireland.
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Above
photo, Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) UNFF-4 team leader Andrew
Baldwin.
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Above
photo, left to right: Maria Gutierrez and Rado Dimitrov of the ENB. |
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Side Event: Role of Professional Societies in Forestry Related
Knowledge.
Richard Fuckner of Germany (above , left) spoke on the International
Forestry Student Association role in forestry related knowledge.
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CNFF met during the lunch break today.
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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