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• Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
• 20th Session of COFO
• State of the World’s Forests 2011
• Communication strategy
• International Year of Forests (IYF)
• ACP FLEGT Support Programme
• Support to the Implementation of the Forest Instrument
• Global forest tenure situation and trends
• Lessons learned globally from forest tenure reforms
• The tenure reform in China in the global context
COFO 2010 – 2nd World Forest Week
• Launching of FRA 2010
• Climate change
• Forest finance
• Governance
• Forestry and Sustainable Development
• Communication – The International Year of Forests
• Heads of Forestry Dialogues
• International Conference
• Forest tenure ownership, access and use rights, management rights
• Forest tenure versus land tenure
• Forest tenure and REDD, FLEGT
State of the World’s Forest
To be launched in early 2011 (IYF)
Main topics:-
- The state of forests by region
- Developing sustainable forest industries
- The role of forests in climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Realizing the local value of forests
Forestry Communication Strategy
• Diversify communication means/methods
• Select key themes to build actions around
• Identify key events
• Work proactively on key messages
• Create network with media
• Build capacity for effective communication
International Year of Forests (IYF)
• Proclaimed by GA Resolution 61/193, which – designated UNFFS as the international
coordinator– invited in particular, FAO, as the Chair
of the CPF, within its mandate to support the implementation of the Year
• UNFFS developed a concept for global action
a unique opportunity
IYF Partnerships
• CPF members, other members of the UN, relevant non-UN entities
• Major networks
• With organizers of different World Days
• With organizers of major events
FAO’s own activities
• Publications (SOFO, UNASYLVA, FRA remote sensing survey)
• Press kits and publication toolkits
• Web-based activities
• Meetings, e.g special meeting for civil society
• Exhibits, incl. dressing the building
• Mobilizing FAO staff
Rome-based activities
• Cooperate with the organizers of the Earth Day concert
• Check feasibility of a nature film festival
• Dress up environmentally friendly public transport vehicles (trams and buses with electric engine)
• Develop an IYF booth for outdoor summer events
• Participate at the public event of Corpo Forestale
• Cooperate with organizers of the Rome Marathon
• Cooperate with other Rome-based agencies
ACP-FLEGT Support Programme
Four-year programme • November 2008 to November 2012
12 million Euro budget• 10 million funded by EC – ACP
• 2 million Euro in-kind contribution by FAO
Target audience• 79 members of the ACP Group of Countries
• Government Institutions, Civil Society Organizations and Private Sector Organizations
Programme Objective
Support ACP country stakeholders to put the EU FLEGT Action Plan into practice by:
• Providing resources to ACP country stakeholder groups to address locally defined FLEGT issues
• Supporting the collection, analysis and dissemination of FLEGT-related information and lesson learned among stakeholder groups.
Support to the Implementation of the Forest Instrument
Ghana (2009 - 2011)Funding from Germany (BMZ)
Liberia, Nicaragua, Philippines (2010 – 2012)Funding from Germany (BMELV)
Support to reporting by countries to UNFF on the Forest InstrumentUnder development; to be funded by Japan
Ghana
Approach:- participatory assessment - identification of strengths,
weaknesses and priority areas for action
- implementation of catalytic activities to address key priorities
- coordination of implementation with sector policies and ongoing initiatives in the forest sector;
- development of an M&E system