Fifth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
16 May to 27 May 2005 | UN headquarters, New York

The Fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-5) will be held from 16 May to 27 May 2005 at UN Headquarters in New York. Participants in this meeting will review international progress in forestry issues and consider future actions, review the effectiveness of the international arrangement on forests, and consider the parameters of a mandate for developing a legal framework on all types of forests. A high-level ministerial segment and policy dialogue with heads of organizations participating in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests will also be among the events at UNFF-5.

Outputs from this session will include recommendations made to ECOSOC, and through it, to the General Assembly.

Links to more information:

• United Nations Forum on Forests (includes UNFF5 documents and information on previous Sessions):
  http://www.un.org/esa/forests/
• ENB coverage of the FAO Committee on Forestry and the Ministerial Meeting on Forests, 14-19 March 2005, Rome, Italy:
  http://enb.iisd.org/FAO/COF17/
• ENB coverage of ITTC-37, 13-18 December 2004, Yokohama, Japan:
  http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/itto/ittc37/
• ENB coverage of the UNFF expert group on legal framework, 7-10 September 2004, New York:
  http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/unff/param/
• ENB coverage of ITTC-36, 20-23 July 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland:
  http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/itto/ittc36/
• ENB coverage of the Fourth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-4) 3-14 May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland:
  http://enb.iisd.org/forestry/unff/unff4
• Linkages' Portal on Forests, Deserts and Land:
  http://enb.iisd.org/process/forest_desertification_land.htm