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When Economic and Social Council established UNFF in October 2000, it identified monitoring, assessment and reporting as one of the six principle functions of the Forum. At UNFF's first session in June 2001, countries identified three areas comprising the monitoring, assessment and reporting function, as follows:

(a) Progress in implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for action;
(b) Progress towards sustainable management of all types of forests;
(c) Review of the effectiveness (i.e., of the international arrangement on forests).

Countries further agreed at UNFF1 that reporting to the Forum would be voluntary, would focus on the implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for action, and would begin at the second session of UNFF.

National reports to UNFF are designed to be useful planning tools for countries. The reporting process is intended to help countries assess their progress in implementing IPF/IFF proposals for action, analyze lessons learned, identify gaps and obstacles that the country might wish to address, and catalyze enhanced cooperation and coordination on forests among government agencies and other stakeholders in the country. The reports will help identify actions that may be taken at the regional and international level, including by UNFF, to facilitate countries' efforts to achieve sustainable forest management.

UNFF1 did not adopt a decision regarding the preparation of guidelines or a format for national reports to UNFF2. However, at its second session, the Forum requested the UNFF Secretariat to develop a suggested reporting format to serve as a basis for countries to report to UNFF3.

The national reports submitted for each UNFF session and the suggested reporting format for UNFF3 are available below.

UNFF5 Suggested Reporting Format, Baseline Information and Questionnaire
UNFF4 National Reports and Suggested Reporting Format
UNFF3 National Reports and Suggested Reporting Format
UNFF2 National Reports

At its second session, UNFF invited CPF members to streamline reporting requests so as to the reduce reporting burden on countries. The CPF subsequently estabished a task force for this purpose. For more information on forest-related reporting and the work of the CPF Task Force on Streamlining Forest-related Reporting, see: http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf-mar

 

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