FAO/ITTO
Expert Consultation on Criteria and Indicators for
Sustainable Forest Management (ECCI-2004)

(02-04 March 2004; Cebu City, The Philippines)

Organized by the

Forest Management Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The Philippines
and co-sponsored by FAO and ITTO

Background

An International Conference on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management, CICI-2003, was held in Guatemala in February 2003. The Conference, which supported the work programme of the United Nations Forum on Forests, UNFF, was organized in direct response to the recommendations of the FAO/ITTO/UNEP/CIFOR/IUFRO Expert Meeting on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management, held at FAO Headquarters, Rome, and 15-17 November 2000.

One of the main recommendations of CICI - 2003 was for FAO and ITTO, taking into consideration existing networks, mechanisms and the need to enhance coordination among countries and processes, to convene an international expert consultation to provide inputs to the work of UNFF between its third and fourth sessions.

The objectives of the International Expert Consultation, which has been scheduled to take place in the Philippines on 2-4 March 2004, are to make recommendations to the UNFF, and others regarding the following issues:

  1. Developing a communication network among processes, countries and other relevant partners to provide a mechanism for exchange of information, building on existing networks.
  2. Improving common understanding of concepts, terms and definitions related to criteria and indicators.
  3. Identifying common approaches, methods and protocols for collecting, storing and sharing data.
  4. Strengthening criteria and indicator processes and inter-process cooperation and sharing of information and know-how.
  5. Analyzing the merits of forming an ad hoc international technical advisory group to address technical issues related to the development and implementation of criteria and indicators.

Reports of previous meetings

International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators
for Sustainable Forest Management: The Way Forward (CICI-2003)
Volume 1
CICI - 2003
3 - 7 February 2003, Guatemala City, Guatemala

International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators
for Sustainable Forest Management: The Way Forward (CICI-2003)
Volume 2
CICI - 2003
3 - 7 February 2003, Guatemala City, Guatemala

last updated:  Thursday, February 19, 2004