AHEG2 References

• 2012 AGF Study on Forest Financing
• Reports of the Facilitative Process meetings on Forest Financing in LFCC, SIDS, Africa and LDC
• Case Study: Forest Financing in Africa (Peter Gondo)
• Case Study: Forest Financing in Latin America and the Caribbean (Ivan Tomasseli)
• Forests and Economic Development Background Paper 1: Economic Contributions of Forests [Draft Advance Unedited]
• Forests and Economic Development Background Paper 2: Changing Roles of Forests and their Cross- Sectorial Linkages in the Course of Economic Development [Draft Advance Unedited]
• Forests and Economic Development Background Paper 3: Changing Futures, Choices, and Contributions of Forests [Draft Advance Unedited]

AHEG2 Presentations

Monday 14 January 2013
Morning Session (10 am - 1pm)
Panel on the key Findings of the CPF 2012 AGF Study on Forest Financing

• UNFF, Hossein Moeini Meybodi
• GEF, Ian Gray
• GM, Sven Walter
• FAO, Rao Matta
• UNFF, Hossein Moeini Meybodi

Afternoon (3- 6 pm)
Report on the outcome of the CPF Organization Led Initiative (Co-Chairs: Mario Ruales and Eduardo Rojas-Briales)
Panel on the outcomes of the Facilitative Process meetings on forest financing

• Indufor, Karoliina Lindroos
• Togo, Oyétoundé Djiwa (LFCCs)
• Dominica, Vindrani Shillingford (SIDS: Trinidad and Tobago; Fiji)
• Ghana, Oppon Sasu (Africa & LDCs: )

Tuesday 15 January 2013
Morning Session (10 am - 1pm)

• Changing Roles of Forests and their Cross- Sectorial Linkages in the Course of Economic Development (Uma Lele)
• Findings of the study on the impacts of price of carbon on forest financing (Evan Johnson and Asako Takimoto)
• Assessing the Economic and Social Contributions of Forests: Implications for the Private Sector Role in Forest Financing (Ben Cashore)

Afternoon (3-6 pm)

• Economic Contributions of Forests: Present and Future (Arun Agrawal)
• Keynote: Towards Feasible and Realistic Financing Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management (Markku Simula)
• Keynote: Reconciling Tensions between Financing Instruments and Sustainable Development Needs (Uma Lele)

Wednesday 16 January 2013
Morning Session (10 am - 1pm)

• Investment in Locally Controlled Forestry:Implementation of the guide (Chris Buss)
• Realizing the Potential of Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (Gary Dunning)
• Iran, Mostafa Jafari (LFCCs)
• India, Subhash Chandra
• Africa Forest Forum, Peter Gondo

Afternoon (3-6 pm)

• Identification of National Actions/Strategies to Mobilize Financing for Forests (Tolulope Daramola)
• Palestine, Basem Hammad
• Sinact Minaet, Laura Rivera Quintanilla
• GEF, Ian Gray
• Scientific and Technological Community, SIM Heok-Choh

Thursday 17 January 2013
Morning Session (10 am - 1pm)

• World Bank, Tuukka Castren
• Burkina Faso
• Kenya, Bryan Adkins

Background Documents

• UNFF9 Resolution on Forests for People
• First meeting of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on Forest Financing
• UNFF9 Special Session Resolution on Means of Implementation for Sustainable Forests Managament

The Second meeting of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on Forest Financing (AHEG2) took place from 14-18 January 2013 at the United Nations Office at Vienna (Vienna International Centre), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400 Vienna, Austria | Directions to VIC | Map of VIC