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Highlights from Monday,
3 February 2003
 The
International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and
Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (CICI 2003) opened on
Monday morning, 3 February 2003. Participants heard opening statements
from the Executive Director of Forest Service of Guatemala
(INAB) and the Guatemalan Minister of
Agriculture, and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of CIFOR, among
others. Background papers on strengthening the elaboration and
application of Criteria and Indicators (C&I) for Sutainable Forest
Management (SFM) and on promoting political commitment
for the use of C&I as tools for SFM were presented, and two
Working Groups met in the afternoon to further discuss these topics.
Above photo R-L: Jag Maini, Acisclo Valladares, John Gunnar, Edin
Barrientos, Juan Pablo Corlazzoli, Kaquefumi Vemo, Luis Ernesto
Barrera Garavito, and Rolando Zanoti
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Opening Plenary: |
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Luis
Ernesto Barrera Garavito, Forest Service of Guatemala (INAB) Executive
Director, welcomed participants and outlined the objectives of CICI
2003.
Listen to Luis
Ernesto Barrera Garavito's opening statement (in spanish)
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Edin Barrientos, Guatemalan Minister of Agriculture, underscored the
usefulness of C&I for SFM and expressed support for binding
criteria.
Listen to Edin Barrientos' opening statement (in spanish)
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Jag Mohan
Maini, CIFOR Chair of the Board of Trustees, highlighted
the substantial progress already achieved in the area of C&I for
SFM, and outlined remaining challenges. He stressed the need to
mainstream C&I into national forest programmes and engage decision
makers. Left photo: Jag Maini's making a presentation to the plenary
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Froylan
Castaneda, FAO, outlined the organization of the
conference for the week, explaining that background papers and case
studies will be presented, working groups will convene to discuss each
of the conference’s objectives, and delegates will have the
opportunity to participate in field trips. |
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Marrku Simula, Finland presented an overview of the nine international
C&I initatives, highlighting ITTO, Montreal,
Pan-European/Helsinki, and African Timber Organization (ATO) processes
as the most active intiatives. He compared the levels of application,
hierarchical structure, contents of national-level criteria,
development processes and definitions of existing C&I processes. |
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Robert Hendricks, USA discussed strengthening the elaboration and
application of C&I for SFM. |
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Jos� Antonio Prado D., Instituto Forestal (Chile)
discussed the need for promoting political commitment for the use of
C&I as tools for SFM. |
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Working Group I: |
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 Working Group I, chaired by Christina
Amoako-Nuama (Ghana), convened
on Monday afternoon to
discuss strengthening the elaboration and application of C&I for
SFM. The Working Group began with three case study presentations,
followed by a discussion.
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Working Group II: |
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Working Group II,
chaired by Ingwald Gschwandtl (Austria) right,
convened on Monday afternoon to develop a set of recommendations on how
to promote political commitment for the use of C&I as tools for
SFM. |
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Sustainable Developments
International
Conference on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
(CICI)
United Nations Forum on Forests
inab