Summary of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests

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Earth Negotiations Bulletin
A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations

Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Vol. 13 No. 133
Monday, 30 May 2005

Summary of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests: 16-27 May 2005

<snip> In the end, UNFF-5 was unable to reach agreement on strengthening the IAF and could not produce either a ministerial statement or a negotiated outcome. By Thursday, 26 May, delegates had agreed ad referendum to four global goals on: significantly increasing the area of protected forests and sustainably managed forests worldwide; reversing the decline in official development assistance (ODA) for sustainable forest management (SFM); reversing the loss of forest cover; and enhancing forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits. They also agreed in principle to negotiate, at some future date, the terms of reference for a voluntary code or international understanding as well as means of implementation. On Friday afternoon, delegates decided to forward the draft negotiating text to UNFF-6, to be held from 13-24 February 2006, at UN headquarters in New York. <snip>

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