About the event

Approaches and Mechanisms for Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting

Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Approaches and Mechanisms for Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting
(E/CN.18/2004/2)
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Information on the ad hoc expert group’s work (composition, terms of reference, scheduling and reporting)

Official Documents:

Provisional Agenda
8 – 12 December, Geneva, Switzerland
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Note by the Secretariat on Approaches and Mechanisms for
Monitoring, Assesment and Reporting
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Background Documents

Report of the Secretary-General on Monitoring, Assessment
and Reporting, including Concepts, Terminology and Definitions,
UNFF2 document E/CN.18/2002/8
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Report of the country-led initiative, International Expert Meeting on Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting on the Progress Toward Sustainable Forest Management, Yokohama, Japan, November 2001
Available as UNFF2 document E/CN.18/2002/12
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Report of the country-led initiative on ‘Lessons Learned in Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting on Implementation of IPF/IFF Proposals for Action, Viterbo, Italy, March 2003, UNFF document E/CN.18/2003/9

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Report of the ‘International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: the Way Forward, Guatemala City, February 2003
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Report of the ‘International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: the Way Forward, Guatemala City, February 2003
( Volume 2 : English
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In particular, refer to the executive summary and the scene setting paper and background papers for the ‘International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: the Way Forward’:

• Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management: Overview of progress and issues,
  
  by Markku Simula
• Strengthening institutional capacity and stakeholder partnerships for implementing criteria and indicators and facilitating the exchange of information between all stakeholders, by Ravi Prabhu et al.
• Key issues in the future development of international initiatives on forest-related criteria and indicators related to sustainable development, by Ewald Rametsteiner and Don Wijewardana

The guidelines and suggested format for voluntary reporting to UNFF4
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