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Highlights for Wednesday, 8 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) met for its second day on
Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York. In the morning,
participants continued their exchange of views on other outcomes
of the international arrangement on forests (IAF), including
efforts of countries to implement the Intergovernmental Panel on
Forests (IPF)/ Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF)
Proposals for Action, and engaged in a stakeholder panel
discussion on raising the profile of forests and forestry. In
the afternoon, experts discussed options for a new IAF.
In the morning during the discussions on outcomes of the
existing IAF, experts noted
the need for, inter alia, improving access to financial
resources, building capacity, and strengthening international
cooperation.
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afternoon, regarding
options for a new IAF, many experts expressed the need to
strengthen the current IAF and develop a clear focus and
objectives. But views regarding whether or not there is a need
for a legally binding instrument remained divided.
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Stakeholder panel (from
left to right) Miguel Lovera (Global Forest
Coalition); Peter Wood (International
Forestry Students Association); Bernard
de Galembert (Forest Director of the
Confederation of European Paper Industries (CPI));
Peter Mayer (moderator);
Atse Yapi (IUFRO-Special Programme for
Developing Countries, Regional Coordinator for
Africa and Secretary of FORNESSA); William Street
(Global Wood and Forestry Programme of the
International Union of Forest and Building Wood
Workers); and Jebra Ram Muchahary
(International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal
Peoples of the Tropical Forests) |
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Vincent Kasulu Seya Makonga, Ministry of the
Environment, Nature Conservation, Water and Forests
of The Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Mauricio Limón Aguirre,
Chief of Legal Division, Ministry of Environment and
Natural Resources of Mexico
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Gregoire Nkeoua (The Republic of Congo) highlighted the need to
involve local communities in Sustainable Forest
Management programmes
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Claudio Gutiérrez (Argentina) proposed to
add to UNFF a parallel financing mechanism for
forest projects |
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Richard
Ballhorn (Canada) highlighted the
positive results of the Montreal Process on criteria
and indicators |
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Madingou,
Ministry of Forestry, Waters, Fisheries, Environment
and Nature Conservation of Gabon |
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Tiina Vahanen, FAO, explained that the
CPF Sourcebook on Funding for SFM is increasingly
being used and will be subject to review in 2005 |
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Aysar A. Tayeb, Ministry of Petroleum and
Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia
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Co-Chair Tim Rollinson making closing
remarks at the end of the session
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Stakeholder panel discussion:
During the stakeholder panel discussion, Major Groups
representatives noted the danger of marginalizing Major Groups,
and urged the AHEG-PARAM to identify more effective means of
Major Group participation. They also emphasized, among other
things, that the IAF should recognize human rights, support
customary rights of local and indigenous communities, and
promote empowering community-based forest management.
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Jeanette Gurung (Women Organizing for Change
in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management), Ruth Mobieru
(Executive Director, Uganda Tree Planting Movement), and Peter Mayer
(International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO)) discuss ways to raise the
profile of forests on the international political
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Experts at the AHEG-PARAM listen to the representatives of the
major stakeholder groups. |
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Peter Mayer, Moderator of the Stakeholder
Panel Discussion
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Peter Wood
listens to a question on the role of certification
in a future international arrangement on forests
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Jebra Ram Muchahary called for the implementation of
commitments agreed by the international community on
indigenous people |
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William Street
emphasized the need to address the root causes of
forest degradation
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Participants during the afternoon session |
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Tasso Rezende de Azevedo, (Brazil)
said Brazil is currently holding consultations to
determine its position on the new IAF |
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Co-Chairs of the afternoon session |
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Erik Bjornebye (Norway), stressed that
establishing the Global Environment Facility as the
financial mechanism for forest-related work would
require an LBI and would limit funding to certain
types of projects. |
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Anders Portin (Finland), highlighted support
for a stronger IAF and, noting limitations with
regional instruments
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Modesto Fernández, (Cuba)
said the priority for developing countries is to
strengthen the means for implementation through
capacity building, stable financing and technology
transfer. |
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Miscellaneous Photos:
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Co-Chair
Andrea Alban Durán (Colombia) |
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Delegates mill before the afternoon session begins. |
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Andrew Baldwin
(ENB writer); Laura Ivers (World Bank);
and a delegate from GEF |
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Tony Bartlett, Australia and Co-Chair Tim
Rollinson (United Kingdom) |
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Claudio Forner (UNFCCC Secretariat) requests
today's bulletin from Soledad Aguilar (ENB
writer) |
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Delegates during the middle of the meeting |
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Kunbao Xia (ENB Writer) |
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Participants of the AHEG-PARAM at the morning
session. |
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Claudio Forner,
UNFCCC Secretariat |
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Laura Ivers,
World Bank
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