The SEC/SEU Joint Forestry Initiative on "Climate Change impacts on Forest Management in Europe and Central Asia" is developed to provide platform for the representatives of the countries to exchange information on climate change impacts on forest management, to analyse the current status of research and policy framework addressing issues related to forest land use and climate change in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with an additional emphasis on the identification of potential technical assistance.

Meting documents

Background paper

Agenda Предварительная программа совещания

Presentations

Welcome Miklós Neményi, vice-rector, University of West Hungary

Forests and climate change: UNFCCC developments and FAO’s response Susan Braatz, Forests and Climate Change Officer,FAO

Overview of the UN-REDD Programme Susan Braatz, Forests and Climate Change Officer,FAO

SEC Priorities & Activities for Forestry Sector in Central Asia Mustafa Ciftci, Junior Forestry Officer, FAO SEC

Forestry Activities in Central and Eastern Europe Hubert Nimród Inhaizer, Forestry Consultant, FAO SEU

Assessment of Country Reports(1, 2, 3) Csaba Matyas, Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences, UWH, Sopron

1.Situation of forests and planned measures as described by the national reports

2.Impact of climatic changes at the xeric limit of the closed forest zone in Eastern Europe

3.General assessment of reports on climate change adaptation in forestry

UNECE/FAO Timber Section Programme of Work David Ellul, UNECE/FAO Timber Section

The 5th National Communication of Hungary under the UNFCCC Sandor Molnar, Szent Istvan University, Hungary

Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Mountain Forest Ecosystems in South-Eastern Region of Armenia Aram Ter-Zakaryan, UNDP/GEF Project, UNDP

International Climate Initiative: Sustainable Forest Management in Turkmenistan Hilmar Foellmi, CTA - SFM Project, Turkmenistan

Modalities of FAO’s Field Programme in the Region Agoston Egyhazy, FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest

North Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative Csaba Matyas, Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences, UWH, Sopron

Country presentations

Armenia, Artur Gevorgyan Армения, Артур Геворгян

Azerbaijan, Ragim Ibrahimov (Russian) Азербайджан, Рагим Ибрагимов

Kazakhstan, Berik Maksutov (Russian) Казахстан, Берик Максутов

UNMIK Kosovo, Ergin Hajredini Косово, Эргин Хайредини

Kyrgyzstan, Elnura Zholdosheva (Russian) Кыргызстан, Эльнура Жолдошева

Republic of Moldova, Dumitru Galupa (Russian) Республика Молдова, Думитру Галупа

Turkey, Unal Asan Турция, Унал Асан

Turkmenistan, Akmurad Atamuradov (Russian) Туркменистан, Акмурад Атамурадов

Ukraine, Igor Buksha Украина, Игорь Букша

Uzbekistan, E.K. Botman Узбекистан, Е.К.Ботман

Press

Az éghajlatváltozás hatásait vizsgálták a szakemberek a Sopronban tartott nemzetközi konferencián- article about the event(Hungarian)