Post on 04-Jan-2016
Ministerial Conference on the
Protection of Forests in Europe Ivonne Higuero
UNECE
16th session of Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
16-17 April 2015, Istanbul, Turkey
Criteria and Indicators Processes in the UNECE Region
FOREST EUROPEMinisterial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
Ministerial Conferences
1990 2000 2005 2010
FRA1990FRA 2000TBFRA 2000 FRA 2005 FRA 2010 FRA 2015
2015
Madrid 201?
Lisbon 1998
Helsinki 1993
Strasbourg1990
Vienna 2003
Warsaw 2007
Oslo 2011
Madrid 2015
7th Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe• 20 – 21 October 2015, Madrid• Launch of the State of Europe’s Forests 2015• Currently drafting the decisions for the
Ministers to attend the Ministerial Conference• Priorities continue to be achieving the 2020
vision on forests, green economy (green jobs), updating of the forest indicators, protective functions of forests, and the future of the Forest Europe process
ivonne.higuero@unece.org
Thank you!