Intersessional Activities
Ad-Hoc Expert Groups

During the seventh session of UNFF (2007), and later confirmed by ECOSOC, it was agreed that UNFF would convene an open ended ad hoc expert group meeting to develop proposals for the development of a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework, to assist the eighth session of the Forum (2009) in its deliberations.

• Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting to develop proposals for the development of a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework 10-14 November, Vienna, Austria

The previous expert groups focused on:

• The Content of the Non-legally Binding Instrument on all types of forests
• Approaches and Mechanisms for Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting
• Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies
• Consideration with a view to Recommending the Parameters of a Mandate for Developing a Legal Framework on all Types of Forests