UNFF Sessions
UNFF8 Documents

In-Session Submissions (20 April - 1 May 2009)
Proposals for Financing for Sustainable Forest Management

• 20 April 2009: G-77 and China Proposal for Financing for the Sustainable Management of all Types of Forests
• 23 April 2009: Proposals of the Group of 77 and China on the Global Fund

Pre-Session Documents

• Provisional agenda • E/CN.18/2009/1
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Achieving the four global objectives on forests and implementing the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests • E/CN.18/2009/2
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Regional and sub-regional inputs • E/CN.18/2009/3
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Forests and climate change • E/CN.18/2009/4
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• Report of the Secretary-General: Reversing the loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation in all types of forests and combating desertification, including low forest cover countries • E/CN.18/2009/5
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Forests and biodiversity conservation including protected areas • E/CN.18/2009/6
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• Note by the Secretariat: Forests in a changing environment: low forest cover countries, small island developing states and high and medium forest cover countries • E/CN.18/2009/7
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Recommendations for addressing key challenges of forests in a changing environment • E/CN.18/2009/8
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Finance and other means of implementation for sustainable forest management • E/CN.18/2009/9
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• Report of the Secretary-General on Enhanced cooperation and policy and programme coordination • E/CN.18/2009/10
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• Chair’s summary report of open-ended ad hoc expert group to Develop Proposals for the Development of a Voluntary Global Financial Mechanism/Portfolio Approach/Forest Financing Framework • E/CN.18/2009/11
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• Collaborative Partnership on Forests Framework 2008 and 2009: Information document • E/CN.18/2009/12
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• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Note by Secretariat • E/CN.18/2009/13
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• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue : Discussion Paper for the UNFF 8 submitted by Women Major Group • E/CN.18/2009/13/Add.1
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• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue : Discussion Paper contributed by the Children and Youth Major Group • E/CN.18/2009/13/Add.2
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• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue : Discussion Paper contributed by the non-governmental organizations and Indigenous Peoples Major Groups • E/CN.18/2009/13/Add.3
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• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue : Discussion Paper contributed by the Scientific and Technological Community Major Group • E/CN.18/2009/13/Add.4
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• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue : Discussion Paper contributed by the Small Forest Landowners Major Group • E/CN.18/2009/13/Add.5
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• Letter dated 22 December 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General • E/CN.18/2009/14
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• Note by the Secretariat on the Trust Fund • E/CN.18/2009/15
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• Letter dated 9 February 2009 from the Permanent Representatives of South Africa and Switzerland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General • E/CN.18/2009/16
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• Letter dated 6 February 2009 from the Permanent Mission of Suriname to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General • E/CN.18/2009/17
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• Letter dated 6 February 2009 from the Permanent Representatives of Australia and Switzerland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General • E/CN.18/2009/18
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• Accreditation of an intergovernmental organization to the United Nations Forum on Forests • E/CN.18/2009/19
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Reports from Country and Region Led Initiatives in support of UNFF

• Australian – Swiss Region-Led Initiative (RLI) on regional input in support of UNFF (January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland) | Advance Unedited Version
• Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa, a South African-Swiss Country-Led Initiative (CLI) in Support of UNFF (April 2008, Durban, South Africa) | Advance Unedited Version
• International Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Forest Management; a Country-Led Initiative (CLI) in Support of UNFF (September 2008, Paramaribo, Suriname) | Advance Unedited Version

Related Documents

• Participants list

• Advance Unedited Summary of the Informal Consultations

• Synthesis of inputs on financing options for sustainable forest management

• Requests for inputs on proposals for financing sustainable forest management
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• Responses on proposals for financing sustainable forest management
  Member States:Angola | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Cameroon | Cuba | European Union | Grenada | Guatemala | India | Indonesia | Japan | New Zealand | Niger | Philippines | Republic of Korea | Russian Federation | Suriname | Switzerland | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Ukraine | United States of America
  Major Groups: Indigenous Peoples | Non-Governmental Organisations

• Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests Seventh Session
  (E/CN.18/2007/8 • E/CN.18/2007/8 (SUPP)• E/2007/42 • E/2007/42 (SUPP))
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Advance Unedited Version of Financing Flows and Needs to Implement the Non-Legally Binding Instrument On All Types of Forests: A study prepared for the Advisory Group on Finance of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests with the support of the Program on Forests (PROFOR) of the World Bank
Unofficial Translation of the Executive Summary: [Arabic | Chinese | French |Russian | Spanish]

Background Analysis Paper on Financing for the implementation of the Non-Legally Binding Instrument on Forests: A FAO contribution to the Advisory Group on Finance of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests

Background Paper on Forests and Biodiversity Conservation, including Protected Areas and Unique Types of Forests Ecosystems: by Dr. Christoph Wildburger