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November 2008
leaf[NEW DATES] AHEG to develop proposals for the development of a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework to be held from 10-14 November 2008, UNOV, Vienna, Austria

September 2008
leafInternational Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Forest Management; a CLI in Support of UNFF, 8-12 September, Paramaribo, Suriname

August 2008
leafCall for information on progress made on the Implementation of the Non-Legally Binding Instrument on all type of Forests (NLBI) and Achievement of the Global Objectives on Forests

leafUNFF Statement on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

July 2008
leafWeb Forum discussion "Forests and Climate Change" open 1-31 July 2008.

June 2008
leafWeb Forum discussion "Forests and Biodiversity Conservation, including Protected Areas" open 2-30 June 2008.

May 2008
leafWeb Forum discussion "Reversing loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation and combating desertification" open 5-30 May 2008.


leafLatest Newsletter [February - April 2008]

April 2008
leafWorkshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa, a South African-Swiss CLI in support of UNFF, Durban, South Africa - UNFFS Statement at the CLI

February 2008
leafRegional Forest Cooperation– Reaching the 2010 Biodiversity Target and the UNFF Global Objectives on Forests by 2015, Rome, Italy

January 2008
leafBeijing Statement on Combating Desertification and Promoting Sustainable Development - highlights forests and the NLBI

leafRegion-Led Initiative (RLI) on regional input to UNFF, Geneva, Switzerland

December 2007
leafUN General Assembly adopts the Non-legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests
(A/RES/62/98) (Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish)

leafInternational Year of Forests 2011

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