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Documents
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UNFF Voluntary Reports
Background
Monitoring, assessment and reporting
is one of the six principle functions of the Forum. At UNFF's
first session, countries identified three areas
related to this function:(a)
Progress in implementation of the IPF/IFF proposals for
action;
(b) Progress towards sustainable management of all types
of forests; and (c) Review of the effectiveness (i.e., of the international
arrangement on forests). Countries
further agreed that voluntary reporting to the Forum would begin at the second session
of UNFF with a focus on implementation of the IPF/IFF
proposals for action. UNFF1 did not however decide upon guidelines or a format for national reports to UNFF2. At UNFF2, the Forum requested the UNFF Secretariat to develop a suggested reporting format.
Voluntary
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 are intended to help identify actions that may
be taken at regional and international levels, including
by UNFF, to facilitate countries' efforts to achieve sustainable
forest management.
UNFF Voluntary Reports
UNFF8 Reports and Suggested Reporting Format
UNFF5
Reports, Suggested Reporting Format, Baseline Information and Questionnaire
UNFF4
Reports and Suggested Reporting Format
UNFF3 Reports and
Suggested Reporting Format
UNFF2 National Reports
Streamlining Forest-related Reporting
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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