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Highlights for Tuesday, 7 September 2004
The Ad Hoc Expert Group on
Consideration with a View to Recommending the Parameters of a
Mandate for Developing a Legal Framework on All Types of Forests
(AHEG-PARAM) began meeting on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New
York. Tim Rollinson (UK) and Andrea Alban Duran (Colombia) were
elected as co-chairpersons of the meeting. Both Co-Chairs
stressed that the AHEG-PARAM is not a negotiating meeting, and
emphasized that the discussions must be inclusive and not
marginalize any participants.
In the morning, the experts addressed organizational matters,
and discussed complementarities, gaps and duplications in the
existing international arrangement on forests (IAF). In the
afternoon, participants exchanged views on other outcomes of the
IAF, including efforts of countries to implement the
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF)/Intergovernmental Forum
on Forests (IFF) Proposals for Action.
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From
left to right: Co-Chair Tim
Rollinson (United Kingdom); Co-Chair Andrea Alban
Durán (Colombia); and Peter Csoka
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Hosny El-Lakany, CPF, said CPF members have
reaffirmed their commitment to the UNFF. He also
urged the AHEG-PARAM to formulate a clear set of
recommendations for UNFF-5.
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| Ricardo Ulate,
Costa Rica, noted that harmonizing forest policies
in Central America has improved national-level
implementation of sustainable forest management. |
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Richard Ballhorn, Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade (Canada).
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Co-Chair, Andrea
Alban Duran.
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Co-Chair, Tim Rollinson.
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| Pekka Patosaari,
Co-ordinator and Head, Secretariat of the UNFF. |
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Michael Laverdiere, Forest Affairs Officer, UNFF
Secretariat |
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Jan McAlpine, Oceans, International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs (US). |
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Conceição Ferreira, Ministry of Agriculture
of Portugal
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(Top and bottom photos)
Participants of the AHEG-PARAM conference during the
morning
session. |
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Miscellaneous Photos:
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Bill Mankin, WWF. |
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Delegates mill before the afternoon session begins. |
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Panel of the afternoon, from
left to right, Pekka Patosaari
(UNFF), Co-Chair Tim
Rollinson; Co-Chair Andrea Alban
Durán; and Peter Csoka (UNFF). |
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David
Henderson-Howat (UNFF) and Peter Csoka (UNFF) |
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| Fred Manuel
Battle Río, Guatemala |
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Tony Bartlett,
Australia
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Rebecca Parzor, Netherlands
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Alain Chaudron, France
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Don
Wijewardana, New Zealand |
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