AUSTRALIAN INITIATIVE
- Title:
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CERTIFICATION AND LABELLING OF PRODUCTS FROM
SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS.
- Sponsor:
Australia
- Date and Location of the Meeting of the Initiative:
26-30 May 1996, Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia
- Description of the issue:
Certification and labelling of products from sustainably managed
forests
- Relationship with the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests Programme
Elements:
The conference will consider issues arising from the first session of
the IPF (Programme Element IV), in particular, the issue of voluntary
certification and labelling of forest products, so as to contribute to
a better understanding of the role of voluntary certification with
regard to sustainable management of forests, including the impact of
certification on developing countries.
- Expected results:
* Advance international dialogue on the issue of certification and
labelling, focusing on the role that C&L forest products may play in
achieving the goals of sustainable forest management.
* Provide stakeholders with a constructive forum to discuss C&L
initiatives to date and to consider future directions.
* Provide a framework for the work of the UN CSD IPF on C&L issues,
including Panel-related activities by other countries.
- Expected date of Completion of the Report and Language:
end August 1996 (in English)
- Process in pursuing the Initiative:
A Planning Committee has been established to oversee organisation of
conference. Relevant domestic and international organisations have
been approached for comments on program.
- Participants:
All UN member countries and selected international and domestic
organisations are to be invited. Maximum of 200 participants are
expected to attend.
- Contact Persons:
Mike Drynan Kwame Asumadu
State and International State and International
Relations Section Relations Section
Forests Branch Forests Branch
Department of Primary Department of Primary
Industries & Energy Industries & Energy
GPO Box 858 GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601 CANBERRA ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA
Tel: 61 6 272 4500 Tel: 61 6 272 3476
Fax: 61 6 272 3021 Fax: 61 6 272 3021
e-mail:kasumad@dpie.gov.au
Mr. Mark Gray
Australian Mission to UN
New York, N.Y.
Tel: 212 421 6910
Fax: 212 836 4104
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