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Thirty-seventh
Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated
Sessions of the Committees
13-18 December 2004, Yokohama, Japan |
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Negotiations Bulletin
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Highlights
for Friday, 17 December 2004
On Friday
morning, delegates convened in the Committee on Finance
and Administration (CFA), in the Committee on
Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF) and in the
Committees on Forest Industry (CFI) and on Economic
Information and Market Information (CEM) to adopt their
respective reports. In the afternoon, delegates convened
in Council to discuss phased approaches to certification
and the ITTO Fellowship Programme. Delegates also met in
the Chair’s Open-Ended Drafting Group to formulate the
draft decision on improving the effectiveness and
efficiency of the project cycle.
Above photo L-R: CFA Chair Chris Ellis thanked
delegates for their support and gavelled the CFA session
to a close.
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CRF:
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Above photo L-R: Hiras
Paimatua Sidabatur (ITTO), Emmanuel Ze Meka (ITTO),
CRF Chair A.S.K. Boachie-Dapaah and CRF Vice-Chair Jennifer
Conje.
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REPUBLIC OF CONGO requested three months to submit the
completion, technical and financial reports for its project on
integrated management of the Ngoua II Forest.
Above photo: Delegates from the Republic of Congo with Gregoire
Nkeoua
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COLOMBIA requested not to suspend its projects in
Guaviare reserve and in Choco. The ITTO Secretariat agreed as
long as the new executing agency provides all documentation to
verify the projects' status.
Above photo: Camilo Aldana (Colombia)
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Above photo L-R: Delegates
adopted the report and elected Jennifer Conje (US) as
Chair and Petrus Gunarso (Indonesia) as Vice-Chair of
the CRF.
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CEM/CFI:
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Delegates
adopted the report of the CEM/CFI, recommending 30 projects to
the ITTC. Above photo L-R: Paul Vantomme (ITTO), Celestine Ntsame-Okwo (Gabon),
CFI Chair Astrid Bergquist, CEM Chair Yeo-Chang Youn,
Amha Bin Huang (ITTO) and Steve Johnson (ITTO)
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Above photo: CFI Chair Astrid Bergquist, CEM
Chair Yeo-Chang Youn, thanked delegates for the
completion and adoption of the report of the CEM/CFI.
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On the terms of reference for the study on
subsidies, AUSTRIA, supported adding “subsidies” to the
“range of support measures” and substitute
“international bodies” for “international agencies.”
Above photo L-R: Katharina Kuehmayer (Austria) and Andres
Tobias (EC)
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Above photos L-R: Delegates
elected Celestine Ntsame-Okwo (Gabon) to chair CFI and Renzo
Siliva (Venezuela) as the chair for CEM
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CFA:
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Delegates
concluded discussions on the biennial work programme, the
election of officers and the dates and venue of the next
sessions. Delegates approved the report pending these
changes. Above photo: CFA Chair Chris Ellis
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Delegates then
elected Shaharuddin Mohamad Ismail (Malaysia) as Chair
and Sai Guohua (China) (above) as Vice-Chair.
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Council
Session:
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PHASED
APPROACHES TO CERTIFICATION
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MALAYSIA indicated that the report would provide
good input to its country level consultation on legal
compliance.
Above photo: Y.
Bhg. Dato’
Dr. Freezailah bin Che Yeom (Malaysia)
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Markku
Simula, ITTO consultant, presented the report on the
procedures for the implementation of phased approaches (PAs)
to certification in tropical timber producing countries
and reported on financial cost-benefit analysis of
forest certification and implementation of PAs (ITTC(XXXVII)/13).
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SWITZERLAND
announced its international workshop on PAs in Bern,
Switzerland in April 2005.
Above photo: Daniel Birchmeier (Switzerland)
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GHANA
suggested that ITTO seek broader stakeholder
consultations at the country level, and supported the PA
to forest certification.
Above
photo: A.S.K. Boachie-Dapaah (Ghana)
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OTHER
STATEMENTS:
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The Trade Advisory Group (TAG), called for
countries to work together to resolve trade data
discrepancies and an audit of existing tracking systems
in tropical forest industries.
Above photo: Barney Chan (Sarawak Timber
Association)
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The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) noted that 2005 will be a
critical year for UNFF and the International Arrangement
on Forests. Above photo: Mahendra Joshi (UNFF)
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called
attention to the importance of creating synergies
between the FAO and ITTO’s work. Above photo: Hikojiro
Katsuhisa (FAO)
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ENB SNAPSHOTS:
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Above photos L-R: Bill Singleton
and Sandra Ribey (Canada); Utako Aoike (ITTO); David
Brooks (US), James Gassana (Switzerland), Alastair Sarre
(ITTO) and J�rgen Blaser (Switzerland)
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Above photo L-R: Manako
Hanawa (ITTO), David Brooks (US) in consultation with
Aulikki Kauppila (Finland); Chair Jan McAlpine and
ITTO Executive Director Manoel Sobral Filho |
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Links |
ITTO
website, with provisional
program, documents
for the meeting, and information about the ITTO.
ENB summary from ITTC-36: (HTML,
PDF, TEXT).
ENB summary from ITTC-35: (HTML,
PDF, TEXT).
ENB summary from ITTA: English (HTML,
PDF,
TEXT)
- French (PDF).
Linkages forests,
desertification and land issues page,
including a brief
introduction to global forest policy.
UNFF
Secretariat
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