FO:APFC/2000/INF.2





ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY COMMISSION

EIGHTEENTH SESSION

Noosaville, Queensland, Australia, 15-19 May 2000

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

 

Monday, 15 May 2000

    

08.00 - 09.00
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Registration at the Noosa Lakes Resort

09.00 - 12.00
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Opening Ceremony

 
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Item 1: Adoption of agenda
(document: FO:APFC/2000/1)

 
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Item 2: Election of officers

 
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Item 3: State of forestry in the region
(document: FO:APFC/2000/2)

14.00 - 17.00
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Item 3 (continued)

 
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Item 4: Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to recommendations of the 17th session of the Commission
(document: FO:APFC/2000/3)

18.30 - 20.30
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Reception hosted by the Government of Australia

Tuesday, 16 May 2000

    

09.00- 12.00
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Item 5: Report of the activities and progress of the APFC ad hoc Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management
(document: FO:APFC/2000/4)

   

(a) Implementation of the Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific
(document: FO:APFC/2000/5)

(b) Regional Strategy for Implementing the Code
(document: FO:APFC/2000/6)

(c) Regional Initiative for the Development and Implementation of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Management of Dry Forests in Asia
(document: FO:APFC/2000/7)

(d) Efficacy of removing natural forests from timber production as a strategy for conserving forests
(document: FO:APFC/2000/8)

14.00 - 17.00
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Item 5 (continued)

 
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Item 6: Follow-up to the IFF: Recent developments, expectations of countries, opportunities for nfp development and challenges in implementing recommendations
(document: FO:APFC/2000/9)

18.00 - 20.00
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Reception hosted by FAO

Wednesday, 17 May 2000

    

09.00 - 12.00
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Item 7: In-session seminar: Certification and forest product labelling
(document: FO:APFC/2000/10)

14.00 - 17.00
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Item 8: Forestry and the Kyoto Protocol: Key issues
(document: FO:APFC/2000/11)

 
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Item 9: International Year of Mountains - 2002
(document: FO:APFC/2000/INF.4)

 
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Item 10: Preliminary FRA 2000 findings
(document: FO:APFC/2000/INF.5)

Thursday, 18 May 2000
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Field trip

Friday, 19 May 2000

    

09.00 - 12.00
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Item 11: Regional issues identified by the Commission for the attention of the Committee on Forestry

 
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Item 12: Other business

 
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Item 13: Date and place of next session

 
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Item 14: Adoption of report