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Documents
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UNFF National Reports
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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