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| 2005
Calendar of Forest-related Events |
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| January |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 10-14 |
Port
Louis, Mauritius |
International
Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States |
SIDS/DSD/
DESA &
OHRLLS-UNHQ |
http://www.sidsnet.
org |
| 25-28 |
Mexico |
Country
Led Initiative on the Future of the International
Arrangement on Forests for UNFF |
Governments
of Mexico and USA |
Gloria
Wightman
UNOPS
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| February |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 28
Feb - 5 Mar |
Colombo,
Sri Lanka |
17th
Commonwealth Forestry Conference: Forestry's Contribution
to Poverty Reduction |
Forest
Department & Standing Committee on Commonwealth
Forestry |
http://www.common
wealthforestry.org
Conference
Organizer
315 Vauxhall Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka
atc@aitkenspence. lk |
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| March |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 1-3 |
Toronto,
Canada |
2005
ForestLeadership Conference: Partnerships towards Sustainability |
Forest
Leadership
Conference |
353 Saint Nicolas
Montreal, QC H2Y2P1
Conference
Coordinator
conference@ forestleadership. com |
| 8-10 |
Hong
Kong, China |
Organization
Led Initiative in support of UNFF5: Practical
Solutions to Combat Illegal Logging: Dialoge on Best
Practice for Business and Civil Society |
The
Forest Dialogue, Yale University |
Gary
W. Dunning
360 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
http://www.theforest
sdialogue.org |
| 9-11 |
Nancy,
France |
International
meeting to inform and develop the strategic forest
programmeor the WorldCentre, Heritage Centre and UNESCO |
World
Heritage, UNESCO |
Steven
Ripley
s.ripley@unesco.org
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| 14 |
Rome,
Italy |
FAO
Committee on Forestry (COFO), Ministerial Segment |
FAO |
http://www.fao.org/ |
| 15-18 |
Rome,
Italy |
17th
Session, FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) |
FAO |
http://www.fao.org/ |
| 19 |
Rome,
Italy |
CPF
Meeting |
UNFF/FAO |
unff@un.org |
| 29
Mar - 1 Apr |
San
Jose, Costa Rica |
Country
Led Inititiative in support of UNFF5: International
Expert Meeting on Innovative Financial Mechanisms: Searching
for Viable Alternatives to Secure Basis for the Financial
Sustainability of Forests |
Costa
Rica |
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| April |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 4-8
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Petropolis,
Brazil |
Country
and Organization Led Inititiative in support of UNFF5:
Global Initiative on Forest Landscape Restoration |
Government
of UK; IUCN, WWF |
http://www.unep-
wcmc.org/forest/ restoration/ globalpartnership |
| 19-21 |
Berne,
Switzerland |
ITTO international workshop on phased approaches to certification |
ITTO |
Mr
Amha bin Buang
Mr Charas Mayura
Ms Naho Tamura
itto@itto.or.jp
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| May |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 13-17 |
Montreal,
Canada |
2nd
meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as
the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol
on Biosafety (COP/MOP-2) |
Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD) |
http://www.biodiv.
org |
| 16-27 |
UNHQ,
New York |
5th
Session of the UNFF |
UNFF Secretariat |
http://www.un.org
/esa/forests/
session.html |
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| June |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 13-15 |
Sunne,
Varmland County, Sweden |
Seminar
on Forestry and our Cultural Heritage |
Swedish
Authorities, Joint Experts Network and MCPFE |
Bozena
Kornatowska
Communication & Organisation, MCPFE
http://www.mcpfe.
org |
| 19-21 |
Brazzaville,
Republic of Congo |
Thirty-Eighth
Session of the
International Tropical Timber Councial and Associated
Sessions of the Committees |
ITTO
Secretariat |
http://www.itto.or.jp |
| 22 |
Brazzaville,
Republic of Congo |
Special
Event focusing on Congo Basin Forest Partnership |
ITTO
Secretariat |
http://www.itto.or.jp
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| July |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 25-29 |
Bonn,
Germany |
CBD
Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on review of implementation
of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity |
CBD |
http://www.biodiv.org
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| August |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 8-13 |
Brisbane,
Australia |
XXII
IUFRO World Congress Meeting: Forest in the Balance:
Linking Tradition and Technology |
IUFRO |
Chair
Gary Bacon
Queensland Department of Primary Industry
http://www.iufro
2005.com |
| 17-18 |
Copenhagen,
Denmark |
Biodiversity
and Environmental Services in Developing Countries
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ReNed |
http://www.rened.dk |
| 25-27 |
Victoria,
Canada |
A
Future Beneath the Trees: An international symposium
on non-timber forest products, community economic development
and forest conservation |
Royal
Roads University |
http://www.ntfp
conference.ca/
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| September |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5-6 |
Warsaw,
Poland |
Ministerial
Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe Expert
Level Meeting |
MCPFE |
http://www.mcpfe.
org |
| 8 |
Barcelona,
Spain |
The
European Forest Institute 2005 Annual Conference |
EFI,
CTFC, Ministry of Environement: Spain, Department
of Environment and Housing of Catalonia, The Foundation
for landscape of the Saving Bank Caixa Catalunya |
http://www.efi.fi |
| 9-10 |
Barcelona,
Spain |
Scientific
Seminar of the EFI 2005 Annual Conference: Multifuncitonal
Forest Ecosystem Management in Europe: Integrated approaches
for considering the temporal, spatial scientific dimensions |
EFI,
CTFC, Ministry of Environement: Spain, Department
of Environment and Housing of Catalonia, The Foundation
for landscape of the Saving Bank Caixa Catalunya |
http://www.efi.fi |
| 27-30 |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe Timber Committee,
63rd Session
Includes:
Policy Forum: Forest Certification - Do Governments
Have a Role? 29 September 2005 |
UNECE |
http://www.unece.org |
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| October |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 17-19 |
Latvia |
Ministerial
Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe workshop
on Forests - Common Benefits, Shared Responsibilities,
Multiple Policies |
Switzerland,
Latvia, UNECE, MCPFE, LUW |
http://www.mcpfe.
org |
| 17-28 |
Nairobi,
Kenya |
United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference
of Parties - 7th Session
COP7 |
Kenya,
UNCCD |
http://www.unccd.int |
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| November |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 7-12 |
Yokohama,
Japan |
39th
Session of the International Tropical TImber Council
and the Associated Sessions of the Committees |
ITTO |
itto@itto.or.jp
http://www.itto.or.jp |
| 16-18
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Berlin,
Germany |
Country-Led
initiative in support of UNFF
International
Expert Meeting on "Scoping for a future agreement
on forests" |
Germany |
http://www.inwent.
org |
| 28-29 |
Rabat,
Morocco |
19th
AFWC/EFC/NEFC Committee on Mediterranean Forestry
Questions "Silva Mediterranea"
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FAO |
http://www.fao.org |
| 28
Nov - 9 Dec |
Montreal,
Canada |
COP11
and COP/MOP1
Conference
of the Parties at its eleventh session and first session
of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol |
UNFCCC |
http://unfccc.int |
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| December |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5-9 |
Montreal,
Canada |
Second
meeting on the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected
Areas |
CBD |
http://www.biodiv. org
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