Table Issues relating to software and or formulae

Forest sector development policies

Tables of the common reporting format for land use, land use change and forestry

Source UVG INAB MAGA PAFG (2004).

2.4 Forest sector development policies

FCCC SBSTA 2005 L.xx Add.1

Synthesis of the views expressed by Parties on the use of the provisional electronic spreadsheets of the common reporting format for land use, land use change and forestry 15

10.30 Sweden's experience Ms. Malin Andersson National Board of Forestry, Sweden

Forestry policy

The SBSTA agreed to recommend a draft decision on this matter (FCCC SBSTA 2005 L.19 Add.1) for adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh session.

(b) Implementation of the forestry principle

Sustainable Development of Competitive Forest Operations in Europe

Sustainable Development of Competitive Forest Operations in Europe

Dieter Schoene, Forestry Department, FAO, Italy

Ashot Ananyan, National Statistical Service, Armenia

Ramazan Bali, General Directorate of Forestry, Turkey

Mira Dojcinovska, State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia, The fYR of Macedonia

Michel Morel, Ministére de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation, de la Pêche et des Affaires Rurales, France

David Walker, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape, Switzerland

The secretariat is grateful that correspondents provided actual statistics for 2004 and, in the absence of formal statistics, their best estimates.

The integrated programme of work on forests and timber of the FAO European Forestry Commission and UNECE Timber Committee comprises the following five work areas

The COP requested the secretariat to integrate these tables into the inventory reporting software, which was under development at that time.

The town is located in the Chantilly metropolitan area.

According to UNDP, a quarter of the Haitian territory is at risk of grave erosion and deforestation has reached an alarming level 97 per cent of the country's watersheds are completely deforested.

Most of these sources are cited where they occur in the text, at the end of the chapters, on the list of contributors and in the annex reference list.

From their point of view as technical experts, and speaking on their own behalf only, the participants considered that, among the policy recommendations in EFSOS, the following are of the most critical importance

Photo by Aulia Erlangga for Center for International Forestry Research.

Maintaining forest cover to meet present and future needs

The private sector has a major role to play in forest based development.

Kyoto Protocol raises visibility of the forest sector

Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 20.

Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition http www.sfms.com .

The role of forests and forestry for energy is growing.

Synthesis of views from Parties on the tables of the common reporting format for land use, land use change and forestry in accordance with decision 13 CP.9 and on experience with their use

During the high level segment there is an opportunity for the Forum to consider further key forest law enforcement and governance issues at the global level.

In addition, the European Council agreed in May 2005 to prepare an EU Forestry Action Plan, based on the EU Forestry Strategy.

According to a recent report (pdf) by a committee formed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)

We are grateful for their essential contribution and their significant efforts in collecting and preparing the data.

Net trade is the balance of exports and imports and is positive for net exports, i.e. when exports exceed imports, and is negative for net imports, i.e. when imports exceed exports.

These are directly relevant for the future development of the forest sector, especially in the EU.

Timber and Forest Information Series

Current status of the forestry sector in CIS countries in Asia

C. Greater recognition of sustainable forest management and forest products trade

10.15 Germany's experience Dr. Ulrich Bick Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products (BFH), Hamburg

3. Land resources, including sustainable agriculture and forestry