Agenda and Documents

Presentations

Work Area 1 - Markets and Statistics

• Guidance of Work Area 1, Mr. Ed Pepke Forest Products Marketing Officer UNECE/FAO Timber Section
• Timber Committee Forecasts - Manual and Analysis, Mr. Alex McCusker Statistical Assistant UNECE/FAO Timber Section
• Producing Statistics - Completely via Internet (French - German), Mr. Arthur Zesiger Head of Forestry Statistics Swiss Statistical Office

Work Area 2 - Forest Resources Assessment

• Guidance of Work Area 2,  Mr. Alexander Korotkov Senior Forestry Officer UNECE/FAO Timber Section
• Global FRA 2005, Mr. Arvydas Lebedys Forestry Officer FAO Forestry Department

Work Area 3 - European Forest Sector Outlook Studies

• Guidance of Work Area 3, Mr. Kit Prins Chief UNECE/FAO Timber Section
• FAO Regional and Global Outlook Studies, Mr. Arvydas Lebedys

 Dissemination

• Secretariat Introduction, Mr. Alex McCusker
• Web download information, Mr. Florian Steierer Economic Affairs Officer UNECE/FAO Timber Section
• FAOSTAT Download Analysis, Mr. Arvydas Lebedys
• GFIS, Mr. Eero Mikkola Coordinator GFIS Management Unit
• Graph 'Agri, Mr. Michel Morel Résponsable des Statistisques Forestiéres Ministére de l'Agriculture
• Towards the European Forest Data Center, Mr. Andrea Camia Scientific Officer Joint Research Center

Wood Energy Information

• Secretariat Report, Mr. Florian Steierer
• Structure of Wood Energy Questionnaire, Mr. Wolfgang Bitterman Head, Energy Statistics Austrian Statistical Office
• Renewable Energy at EU, Mr. Jeremy Wall Administrator, Forest-based Industries EU DG Enterprise and Industry
• Renewables and Waste Energy Statistics at IEA, Mr. Michel Francoeur Head of Section, Coal, Electricity and Renewables International Energy Agency
• Activities of Eur'Observer in Renewables and Wood Energy, Mr. Fredéric Tuillé Consultant Eur'Observer
• Wood Resource Balance in Germany, Dr. Christian Sörgel Research Fellow University of Hamburg
• Roundwood and Sawnwood Surveys in France, Mr. Michel Morel

Certified Forest Products Information

• Secretariat Introduction, Mr. Ed Pepke
• WFSC Certificate Database, Ms. Katja Eisbrenner Accreditation Officer Accreditation Services International-FSC
• Finnish Experience with CFP Statistics, Mr. Mika Mustonen Researcher Finnish Forest Research Institute

Illegal Logging and Related Trade Information

• Secretariat Introduction, Mr. Kit Prins
• Independent Forest Monitoring: information on illegality, Mr. David Young Team Leader Global Witness
• The Verifor Research Project, Mr. Neil Bird, Research Fellow Overseas Development Institute
• Illegal Logging - An Analysis, Mr. James Hewitt Independent Consultant
• EU-FLEGT, Mr. Jeremy Wall
• Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forest Sector, Mr. Arvydas Lebedys
• CITES: 30 Years of Compliance/Enforcement Practice, Mr. Juan Vasquez Legal Officer Convention on Trade in Endangered Species

Statements

These statements were provided by organizations which were requested to supply their views to the Working Party. All of these statements were available to the delegates at the Working Party.

Certified Forest Products Information

• Forest Industries Intelligence (UK)
• Metafore (USA)
• Abusow (Canada)

Wood Energy Information

• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) position and comments
• European Panel Federation (EPF) position and comments