Meeting of Experts of the European process "Forests of Europe"

In Madrid (Spain), March 6-7, there was a meeting of experts of the European process "Forests in Europe." The event was attended by 56 experts from 24 countries of the "Europe's forests", representatives of international organizations, including the UN / ECE FAO, the European Forest Institute, non-governmental organizations. The meeting was attended by Deputy Director of the VNIILM Filipchuk AN

The meeting discussed the results of the work program of the "Europe's forests" in 2012 - 2015 years. and a number of topical issues of European and global forest policy.

In June 2012, plans to complete a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe, which will be proposed for consideration by the Extraordinary Conference of Ministers in early February this year in Madrid. A legally binding agreement on forests in Europe - should be a single law on forests for all European countries. This document is a framework. Its entry into force is not only with the signing of the authorized representatives of the countries, but also with the ratification by parliament. Application of the agreement will be through appropriate protocols, as is customary in the UN conventions on climate and biodiversity.

The meeting discussed the same issues of the report on the state of forests in Europe - in 2015, the preparation of the 10th session of the UN Forum on Forests (Turkey, 8-19 April), the organization of European Forest Week (Finland, December), and the World Day of the forest (Switzerland, March 21), etc.

This article has been translated by machine translation.