Forum

UNFF 12 Statements and Presentations

Monday 1 May 2017 AM | Opening Session

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Opening Statements

  • Mr. Peter Besseau, Chair of 12th session of the UN Forum on Forests
  • H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly
  • H.E. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General, DESA
  • H.E. Marie Chatardová, Vice President of ECOSOC
  • Dr. Manoel Sobral Filho, Director, UN Forum on Forests Secretariat

Introduction of Document (Item 3. Implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030)

Monday 1 May 2017 PM | Implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030

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Panel discussion on the contributions of CPF members, UN partners and stakeholders to the implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030

  • Moderator: Hosny El-Lakany, Distinguished Professor, Alexandria University and Adjunct Professor and Director of International Forestry Program, University of British Columbia
  • Keynote speaker: Eva Müller, Director of the Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO
  • Carole Saint-Laurent, Deputy Director of the Global Forest and Climate Change Programme, IUCN
  • Milena Sosa Schmidt, Senior Scientific Officer, Scientific Services, CITES Secretariat
  • Xia Jun, Assistant Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation

Tuesday 2 May 2017 AM | Implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030

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Panel discussion on the contribution of forests to the achievement of SDG1: Forests and Poverty Eradication

  • Moderator: Charles Barber, Director of the Forest Legality Initiative, Forests Program, World Resources Institute
  • Keynote speaker: Uma Lele, Independent Scholar and Former Senior Advisor for the World Bank
  • Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization
  • Godwin Kowero, Executive Secretary, African Forest Forum
  • Frances Seymour, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

Tuesday 2 May 2017 PM | Item 3. Implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030

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Panel discussion on the contributions of forests to the achievement of SDG5: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls

  • Moderator: Seemin Qayum, Policy Advisor on Sustainable Development, UN-Women
  • Keynote Speaker: Isilda Nhantumbo, Senior Researcher and Team Leader, Forestry Team, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
  • Marilyn Headley, CEO& Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Government of Jamaica
  • Cecile Ndjebet, Director, African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF)
  • Latha Swamy, Senior Advisor in Planetary Health, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

Wednesday 3 May 2017 AM | Implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030

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Panel discussion on contributions of forests to the achievement of SDG2: Forests and Food Security

  • Moderator: Paola Deda, Chief of the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, UN Economic Commission for Europe
  • Keynote speaker, Bhaskar Vira, the Founding Director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute and a Reader in Political Economy of Environment and Development at the Department of Geography
  • Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • John Parrotta, Vice-President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
  • Bronwen Powell, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Penn State University

Wednesday 3 May 2017 PM | Monitoring, assessment and reporting

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Introduction of Documents