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UNFF8 Session Statements & Presentations
20 April - 1 May 2009, United Nations, New York, NY

Monday
20 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Opening of the Session (CR1)
Agenda Item 1: Election of officers
Statements: UNFF8 Chair | USG Sha Zukang | Joint CPF Statement

Agenda Item 2: Adoption of the Agenda and other organizational matters

Agenda Item 3: Achieving the four global objectives on forests and implementing the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary-General

Agenda Item 8: Enhanced cooperation and policy and programme coordination, including the provision of further guidance to the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Report Presentation | CPF Framework 2008 and 2009

Statements: Angola | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Croatia | EU | G77 | India | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Nepal | SPC | Suriname

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Forest Financing Strategies; Country Experiences (CR1) Organized by NFP Facility & PROFOR

Presentations: The Process to Develop a Nationall Forest Financing Strategy in Guatemala | FAO-Facility Work on Forest Finance Supporting the development of National Forest Financing Strategies

Community Forestry for Forest-based Climate Change Mitigation (CR2) Organized by Rights and Resources & ACICAFOC

3:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary (CR1)
Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary-General

The Financial Crisis and SFM: Threat and Opportunity (panel)
USG Sha Zukang | Warren Evans, World Bank | Emmanuel Ze Meka, ITTO ITTO Presentation | Russ Mittermeier, Conservation International
Statements: Argentina | Australia | Chad | Chile | China | Cuba | Dominican Republic | EU | India | Indonesia | Iran | Japan | Japan (MOI) | New Zealand | Norway | Pakistan | South Africa | USA

Tuesday
21 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary (CR1)
Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment (FiCE)
Report Presentation | Reports of the Secretary-General: climate change | desertification | biodiversity | LFCCS, SIDS, HFCCS & MFCCS | recommendations|
GFEP Adaptation report | GFEP Presentation

Forests and Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification (panel)

ASG Thomas Stelzer | Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD | Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD | Jan Heino, CPF
Statements: Columbia | Croatia | Ecuador | EU | GEF | India | Switzerland

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Addressing the Gaps for Sustainable Forest Management - Towards enhanced resources mobilization and implementation (CR1) Organized by Mission of Japan & ITTO

Achieving GOFs on Forests Through Innovative Participatory Approaches –the Growing Forests Partnerships (CR2) Organized by World Bank

Presentations: Growing Forest Partnerships (GFP) Guatemala Initial experiences |

3:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary (CR1)
(3:00 – 4:30)
Agenda Item 4: Regional and subregional inputs
Report Presentation | Report of the Secretary-General

Regional and Sub-regional Perspectives on Forests in a Changing Environment (panel)
Jan Heino, FAO | Abdul Wahid Abu Salim, ASEAN | Raymond Mbitikon, COMIFAC | Richard Huber, OAS | Arne Ivar Sletnes, MCPFE | Christian Kuechli, Switzerland Presentation of Geneva RLI & Durban CLI
Statements: China | SPC

(4:30 - 6:00)
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
Statements: EU | MCPEE | Switzerland | USA

WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management
AHEG outcome | Suriname CLI | Japan
Statements: G77 | ITTO

Wednesday
22 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary (CR1)
Statements: Chile | DR Congo | Finland | Guyana | Indonesia | Iran | Israel | Japan | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Palau | Peru | Saint Lucia | Venezuela

Agenda Item 7: Multi-stakeholder Dialogue (Part 1)
Facilitator: Peter Mayer, IUFRO
Children and Youth | Women | Farmers and Small Forest Landowners | NGOs & Indigenous Peoples’ | Science and Technological Community
Statements: African Group | EU | Indonesia | Switzerland

Forests, Women and Fuelwood (panel)
ASG Rachel Mayanja | Carolyn Makinson, Women's Refugee Commission | Kanchan Lama, WOCAN | Lambert Okrah, ICA International | Pieter van Midwoud, IFSA

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa -the “Durban Workshop”- CLI (CR1) Organized by Govts of Switzerland & South-Africa

Making Forests Fit for Change –IUFRO-led activities at the sciencepolicy interface (CR2) Organized by IUFRO

Presentations: Policy Options for the Adaptation of Forests to Impacts of Climate Change |

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment

WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management
Statements: Costa Rica | G77 | Malaysia

Thursday
23 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
Statements: African Group | China | Chile | EU | Indonesia

WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management
Statements: Palau

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Landscapes of Opportunity: the World’s Forests from a Restoration Perspective (CR1) Organized by IUCN ,WRI, Govts of the US & UK; Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration

EU Policies and activities to address the challenge of deforestation (CR2) Organized by European Commission

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
Statements: African Group | China | EU | Indonesia | Mauritania | New Zealand | Nepal | Papua New Guinea | USA

WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 8: Enhanced cooperation and policy and programme coordination, including the provision of further guidance to the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Statements: African Group | EU | Switzerland | USA

WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management
Statements: African Group | G77

Friday
24 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Shared Responsibility (CR1) Organized by Mission of Colombia

3:00 - 6:00 PM
(3:00 - 4:30 PM) Working Groups (CR1 & CR 2)
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

(5:00 - 6:00 PM) Plenary (CR1)
Review of the first week’s work and plan for the second week

Monday
27 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Restoring the Commonwealth’s Forests & tackling Climate Change –Presentation on the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference June 2010 in the UK (CR1) Organized by Standing Committee Commonwealth Forestry (UK)

Presentation of the XIII World Forestry Congress (CR2) Organized by FAO

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

Tuesday
28 April 2009

10:00 AM - 11:30 PM Plenary (CR1)
10:00 am -12.30 pm
Agenda Item 7: Multi-stakeholder Dialogue (Part 2)
Facilitator: Peter Mayer, IUFRO
Joint Statement | Children and Youth | Farmers and Small Forest Landowners | Indigenous People | NGOs | Science and Technological Community | Women
Statements: Algeria | Belarus | Fiji | Turkey | Yemen

12:30 – 1:00 pm
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2)Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management
Statements: Fiji

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Nepal Nature conservation year 2009 & Poverty reduction in rural areas of Nepal through Forests resources management (CR1) Organized by Govt. of Nepal Ministry of Forests & Soil Conservation

Presentations: Side Event by the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Soil Condervation |

Lessons learned from regional forest partnerships: cooperation &position-building on REDD and Climate Change issues in the Congo Basin (CR2) Organized by COMIFAC & CBFP

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

Wednesday
29 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Cooperation between CBD and UNFF (CR2) Organized by CBD

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

Thursday
30 April 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

1:15 - 2:45 PM Side Events
Liberia post war sustainable forestry reform with emphasis on the LiberFor Chain of Custody System (CR1) Organized by Republic of Liberia Forestry Development Authority

REDD: A Mocking Bird’s Egg in the wrong nest (CR2) Organized by Alliance of Indigenous &Tribal people In Tropical forests

3:00 - 6:00 PM Working Groups
WG1 (CR1) Agenda Item 5: Forests in a changing environment
WG2 (CR2) Agenda Item 6: Means of implementation for sustainable forest management

Friday
1 May 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Plenary (CR1)
Item 9: The Forum Trust Fund
Item 10: Dates and venue for the ninth session
Item 11: Provisional agenda for the ninth session
Statements: Kyrgyzstan |

3:00 - 6:00 PM Plenary (CR1)
Item 12: Adoption of the Report
Closing of the Session

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