Series events on the international negotiations on forests UNECE FAO

From 22 to 26 April in Geneva held a series of events on the international negotiations on forests UNECE FAO. April 22 held a seminar on "Innovation in the forestry sector," April 23-25 ​​- 35th session of the UNECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 26 April - FAO EFC meeting of the bureau. The event was attended deputy director of the FBI VNIILM Filipchuk AN

Seminar: "Innovation in the Forest Sector" was organized in conjunction with the section of the timber Organization Innovation Wood. The main issues discussed included the role of the forest sector in the "green economy." Participants of the workshop included presentations of representatives of forestry business, politics, academia, non-governmental organizations. Speakers noted the integral role of forests and forestry in achieving the principles of sustainable management. The discussion also noted the increasing role of the forest sector for the development of a "green economy" in the ECE region.

April 23-25, held the 35th session of the UNECE Working Party on the FAO Forest Economics and Statistics.

The Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics is a subsidiary body of the Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission. The main purpose - to facilitate the implementation of a comprehensive program of work of these two bodies. The Working Group meets annually to guide the activities in all five areas of the work program. Each work area has a corresponding group of experts.

Secretary of the group of experts reported on the work done in 2012. Since the mandate of all the groups will expire in 2013, the Secretariat presented a proposal for the development of teams for the next period. It is planned to organize instead of 5 9 groups corresponding to the new activities of the working group. The proposal will be formulated and presented at a special session of the Timber Committee in June 2013 in Geneva. Delegates generally welcomed the secretariat's proposal, but called for the extension of the mandate for one year a team of specialists on forest fires, given the importance of this issue for the ECE region. The organizational structure of the group of experts suggests one head and 2 alternates. It is proposed rotation of the head 1 time in 2 years. Members of the group of experts appointed by the offices of the forest. ECE has no plans of funding for the activities of the working groups. It is proposed to use the voluntary contributions of countries to meet and support daily operations teams.

Delegates discussed the preparation of the report on Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 and the report on the state of Europe's forests 2015. It is noted that the country reports should be submitted to the FAO secretariat before the end of 2013. Information ECE region in the report on the state of Europe's forests in 2015 to be transferred to the secretariat of the "Forests of Europe" and a section of forest products in early 2014. The second part of the questionnaire on quality criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management should be completed in the spring of 2014.

The meeting also discussed preparations for the session of the Committee on the forest and the FAO European Forestry Commission (December 2013, Finland), as well as the third European Forest Week.

This article has been translated by machine translation.