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The International Forest Policy Dialogue,

the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and

the Global Forest Resources Assessment

Presentation to the meeting of the FRA National Correspondents,

Rome, 18 November 2003

Susan Braatz

Secretariat of the UN Forum on Forests/FAO

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• What are the UNFF and the international forest policy dialogue ?

• What is the Collaborative Partnership on Forests ?

• What is the relationship between GFRA and UNFF and CPF ?

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The international forest policy dialogue

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Intergovernmental deliberations

• Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (95-97)

• Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (97-00)

• United Nations Forum on Forests (00-)

– Foster a common understanding of sustainable forest management

– Facilitate implementation of non-legally binding commitments on forests (IPF/IFF proposals for action)

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Interagency

cooperation &

coordination through

CPF

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IPF/IFF proposals for action

Countries:

• Improve national forest resource assessments

• Make information related to SFM widely available

• Encouraged countries to prepare national information on the management, conservation, and sustainable development of all types of forests as the basis for any consolidated information at the international level

International and regional organizations:

• Requests of IPF to FAO on FRA 2000

• Improve and streamline international reporting and information systems on forests

• Make adequate resources available for capacity-building for national reporting initiatives

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CPF Activities: CPF Task Force on Streamlining Forest Related Reporting

• Comparative analysis of international reporting requirements: proposals for

• CPF Portal on Forest Reporting

• Framework for international reporting on forests

• Means to strengthen country capacity for monitoring, assessment and reporting on forests

• Providing advice to UNFF on its monitoring, assessment and reporting function

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CPF members’ activities related to strengthening country capacity

• FAO – assistance through GFRA, regional forest sector outlook studies, various regional C&I processes, and National Forest Programme Facility

• ITTO - development of national forest statistical information systems, 4 regional and 9 national training courses in the implementation of the ITTO C&I

• UNFCCC - information collection, analysis and dissemination for forest-related carbon inventories

• CIFOR – country-level testing and training related to C&I

• GEF – related to biodiversity, climate and land restoration projects

• World Bank – component of forestry projects

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Thank you