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Calendar of Forest-related Events |
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| January |
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Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 9 - 11 |
Libreville, Gabon |
FAO/ITTO/COMIFAC regional workshop on forest law enforcement in Central Africa
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FAO, ITTO and COMIFAC |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 11 - 12 |
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland |
Mobilizing Wood Resources - Can Europe's Forests Satisfy the Increasing Demand
for Raw Material and Energy under Sustainable Forest Management?
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UNECE and FAO |
www.unece.org/ trade/timber/ |
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| February |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5 - 9 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
24th Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum |
UNEP |
www.unep.org |
| 13-16 |
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia |
Country-led Initiative "Multi-Year Programme of Work of the United Nations Forum on Forests: Charting the Way Forward 2015"
Tentative Programme || Thematic Issues || Concept Paper || Discussion Paper |
Government of Indonesia |
Mr. Tri Tharyat, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN, New York
Meeting website |
| 20-21 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
National Forest Programmes - a Tool for Strengthening Science - Policy Interface in Practice
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European Forest Institute (EFI), IUFRO and FAO |
www.efi.int |
| 26 Feb - 2 Mar |
UNHQ, New York, USA |
Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the 15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15) |
UN DESA/ DSD |
www.un.org/esa/ sustdev/ |
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| March |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 12-16 |
Rome, Italy |
Committee on Forests (COFO 18) |
FAO |
www.fao.org |
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| April |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 16-27 |
UNHQ, New York, USA |
Seventh session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF7) |
UNFF Secretariat/ DESA |
www.un.org/esa/ forests |
| 16 - 19 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
Afforestation and sustainable forestry to combat desertification
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IUFRO and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, Jewish National Fund |
www.fcd.org.il |
| 18-20 |
Washington, D.C., USA |
Forest Research Management in an Era of Globalization |
IUFRO |
www.iufro.org |
| 30 Apr-11 May |
UNHQ, New York, USA |
15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development |
UN DESA/ DSD |
www.un.org/esa/ sustdev/ |
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| May |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 2-4 |
Cologne, Germany |
Carbon Expo 2007 |
The World Bank, International Emissions Trading Association |
www.carbon expo.com |
| 8-10 |
Vancouver, Canada |
Forest Leadership Conference |
ForestLeadership initiative |
www.forest leadership.com |
| 8-12 |
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
Forty-second session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 14-19 |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration |
IUFRO, USDA |
www.srs.fs.usda. gov |
| 16 - 19 |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
10th European Forum on Urban Forestry - "New forests after old Industries" |
IUFRO & EUFORIC - European Urban Forestry Research and Information Centre |
www.industriewald -ruhrgebiet.nrw.de |
| 17-20 |
Lviv, Ukraine |
2007 Annual Meeting and International Symposium on Building Insights of Managerial Economics and Accounting towards Sustainable Forest Management |
IUFRO, National Forestry University of Ukraine |
www.iufro.org |
| 28 May - 1 Jun |
Rome, Italy |
Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Review and Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity |
CBD Secretariat |
www.biodiv.org |
| 29 -31 |
Lomé, Togo |
ITTO workshop to promote the exchange of experience at the regional level on the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM) through ITTO supported projects (Africa) |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
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| June |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 1 |
Zikatar, Armenia |
9th International Symposium on "Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development" |
IUFRO |
www.iufro.org |
| 3 – 5 |
The Hague, The Netherlands |
4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES |
CITES Secretariat |
www.cites.org |
| 3 - 4 |
Berlin, Germany |
GLOBE G8 Illegal Logging Dialogue: |
Berlin Legislators Forum |
www.illegal-logging .info |
| 3 - 8 |
Ponta Delgada, Azores (São Miguel Island), Portugal |
IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2007 |
IUFRO, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
www.iufro.org; www.itqb.unl.pt |
| 4 - 7 |
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia |
ITTO workshop to promote the exchange of experience at the regional level on the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM) through ITTO supported projects (Asia) |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 11 -15 |
Hanoi, Dac Lac, Viet Nam |
The Role of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation
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IUCN and Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) |
www.iucn.org |
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| July |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 10-13 |
Medellin, Colombia |
ITTO workshop to promote the exchange of experience at the regional level on the implementation of sustainable forest management (SFM) through ITTO supported projects (Latin America) |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 16-20 |
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil |
Community forest management and enterprises: global issues and opportunities |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
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| August |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5 - 9 |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
International Conference on "Wind and Trees" |
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) |
www.feric.ca |
| 6 - 8 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Asia-Pacific tropical forest investment forum: issues and opportunities for investing in natural tropical forests
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ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 7- 10 |
Portland, Oregon, USA |
International Scientific Conference: "Forest Growth and Timber Quality: Crown Models and Simulation Methods for Sustainable Forest Management" |
IUFRO, USDA |
www.iufro.org |
| 19 - 23 |
Queensland, Australia |
International Symposium on Forest Soils and Ecosystem Health: Linking Local Management to Global Change Challenges |
Griffith University |
www.griffith.edu.au |
| 27 - 28 |
Göttingen, Germany |
Scientific framework of environmental and forest governance - The role of discourses and expertise
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IUFRO |
www.iufro.org |
| 27 - 30 |
Quito, Ecuador |
VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Derecho Forestal |
Red Latino americana de Derecho Forestal/ IUFRO |
www.derecho forestal.org |
| 28 - 30 |
Accra, Ghana |
West and Central Africa tropical forest investment forum: issues and opportunities for investment in natural tropical forests
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ITTO, World Bank, African Development Bank and Forestry Commission of Ghana |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 29 - 30 |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
VI Congreso Forestal Centroamericano |
Ministerio de Agricultura, El Salvador |
www.mag.gob.sv |
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| September |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 3 - 4 |
Warsaw, Poland |
MCPFE Expert Meeting |
MCPFE Liaison Unit |
www.mcpfe.org |
| 3 - 7 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms
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Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) and Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) |
http://recoftc.org |
| 3 – 14 |
Madrid, Spain |
8th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertificaton (COP-8) |
UNCCD Secretariat |
www.unccd.int |
| 5 - 7 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Workshop on Strategies for the Sustainable Use and Management of Timber Tree Species Subject to International Trade |
UNEP-WCMC |
www.unep-wcmc.org |
| 6 - 7 |
Warsaw, Poland |
Forests and Forestry in the Context of Rural Development: IUFRO European Congress |
IUFRO, Warsaw Agricultural University and European Forest Institute |
http://conference 2007.wl.sggw.pl/ |
| 18 - 21 |
Stellenbosch, South Africa |
Plantation Certification Symposium 2007 |
Stellenbosch University, Southern African Institute of Forestry, Yale University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Tasmania and IUFRO |
academic.sun. ac.za |
| 19-20 |
Beijing, China |
EU-China Conference, Forest Law Enforcement and Governance |
State Forestry Administration, China |
www.eu-china-fleg.cn/ |
| 23-28 |
Beijing, China |
International conference to promote the development of tropical non-timber forest products and services |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 25 - 27 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
First Global Workshop on Improving Agroforestry Education
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ICRAF, AFORNET, Silva Network, FAO, Govt. of Kenya and Finnish Embassy, Kenya and International Partnership for Forestry Education (IPFE) |
www.anafeafrica.org |
| 30 – 6 Oct |
Bariloche, Argentina |
II Congreso Latinoamericano de Parques Nacionales y Otras Áreas Protegidas
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FAO, UNEP, IUCN, Government of Argentina |
www.congresolatino parques2007.org |
| 30 - 3 Oct |
Toronto, Canada |
Global Vision of Forestry in the 21st Century |
University of Toronto |
www.forestry. utoronto.ca |
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| October |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 1 - 4 |
Mont Tremblant, Canada |
3rd Forest Engineering Conference: Sustainable Forest Operations: The Future is now |
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) |
www.feric.ca |
| 8-12 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
UNECE Timber Committee
65th session |
UNECE |
www.unece.org |
| 9 – 11 |
Bled, Slovenia |
2007 Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators Network |
UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators Network |
www.unece.org |
| 15-16 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
African Forest Forum Governing Council meeting |
African Forest Forum |
Prof. Godwin Kowero |
| 16 - 18 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
The Future of Forests in Asia and the Pacific: Outlook for 2020
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FAO |
www.fao.org/forestry |
| 17- 19 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
International symposium: Bottlenecks, Solutions, and Priorities in the Context of Functions of Forest Resources
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Istanbul University, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and IUFRO
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www.forest2007.org |
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| November |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 5 -10 |
Yokohama, Japan |
Forty-third Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees |
ITTO |
www.itto.or.jp |
| 5 - 7 |
Warsaw, Poland |
5th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
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MCPFE Liaison Unit |
http://5th.mcpfe.org/ |
| 12-15 |
Yokohama, Japan |
7th Meeting of Asia Forest Partnership (AFP7) Provisional Agenda |
AFP Secretariat |
www.asiaforests.org |
| 15 - 16 |
Nusa Dua Bali, Indonesia |
International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment 2007 |
Secretariat ICOPE 2007, SMART Research Institute Indonesia, CIRAD France, and WWF Indonesia |
www.icope2007.org |
| 21 - 24 |
Coimbatore, India |
World Neem Conference 2007 |
Neem Foundation |
worldneemconference 2007.com |
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| December |
| Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
| 3-14 |
Bali, Indonesia |
United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 13 - CMP 3)
Organized by:
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UNFCCC Secretariat |
http://unfccc.int |
| 8 |
Bali, Indonesia |
Forest Day: Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change |
Co-hosts: CIFOR, FAO, ITTO, IUCN, IUFRO, GEF, CBD, UNFF, ICRAF & World Bank |
www.cifor.cgiar.org |
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