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Presentations
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Official opening
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Opening Speech, Welcome by the host country and the federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) |
Doris Leuthard (Swiss Federal Councillor and Minister of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication) |
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Welcome by UNECE |
Christian Friis Bach, Executive Director, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
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Welcome by FAO |
Tony Alonzi, Deputy Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) |
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Welcome by the Conference of the Cantonal Councillors (in French) |
Mme Jacqueline de Quattro, President of the conference of the 26 Cantonal Councillors responsible for Forests |
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Welcome by the cantonal Councillor |
Paul Federer, Cantonal Councillor of Obwalden |
PDF and speech |
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Global and regional context
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The United Nations summit on the post-2015 development agenda (including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of forests in post-2015 agenda |
Thomas Gass, Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in UN DESA |
Video |
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Outcomes of the 11th Session of the UN Forum on Forests |
Heikki Granholm, Vice-Chair of UNFF11 |
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Outcome of XIV World Forestry Congress |
Eva Müller, Director, Forest Economic Policy and Products Division, FAO |
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FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conferences Madrid 2015
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Elena Estrada Wilke, Policy Advisor, FOREST EUROPE, Liaison Unit Madrid |
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Regional implementation of global challenges |
Bruno Oberle, State Secretary and Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment |
PDF and speech |
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Global and regional forest-related developments: Relevance to the ECE region |
Helga Puelzl, Senior policy scientist, European Forest Institute |
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How have forests changed? Results from FRA 2015 |
Kenneth MacDicken
Senior Forestry Officer/Team Leader
Global Forest Resources Assessment, FAO |
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Presentation of infographics on forests in UNECE region |
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Video |
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Forests in the ECE Region: Trends and challenges in achieving the Global Objectives on Forests
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Kit Prins, Independent Forest Expert |
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Regional reporting on forests and Sustainable Forest Management
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Stein Tomter, Senior Scientific Adviser, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research |
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Forest products and services
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European Market Overview
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Sten Nilsson |
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Russian Federation Market Overview |
Nikolay Ivanov |
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North American Market Overview |
Gordon Culbertson |
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International best practices for the use of hardwood in construction |
Hermann Blumer |
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Glued wood products for structural use |
Gerhard Schickhofer |
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Markets and investments in Forest Ecosystem Services
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Markets for Forest Ecosystem Services. Concepts and Examples |
Guy Robertson, National Sustainability Program Leader, USDA Forest Service, United States |
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Institutional Forestland Ownership and its Effects on Forest Products Markets |
Tapani Pahkasalo, Vice-President, Timberland Investment, Quantum Global, Switzerland |
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Barriers to Overcome in Financing Payments for Ecosystem Services: Experiences from Switzerland |
Josef Hess, Vice Director, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment |
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Values and Financing of Forest Ecosystem Services- the Example of Germany |
Matthias Dieter, Head of Institute, Thünen-Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics |
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Forest ecosystem services
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Panel 1. Disaster risk reduction and watershed management |
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Forests – a crucial component in watershed management for disaster risk reduction |
Catrin Promper, Expert on Disaster Risk Management, FAO |
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The function of forests in natural hazard mitigation in Austria |
Siegfried Sauermoser, County Director of Tyrol, Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control |
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ProtectBio – effect of protection forests on natural hazards due to gravity |
Artur Sandri, Head, Landslides, Avalanches and Forest Protection Section, FOEN, Switzerland |
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Restoration of degraded land through afforestation of the dried seabed of the Aral Sea area |
Normukhamad Sheraliyev, Representative from Uzbekistan in Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea |
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Panel 2. Biodiversity maintenance
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Swiss experience and approach to biodiversity maintenance |
Reinhard Schnidrig, Head of Section, Wildlife and Forest Biodiversity, FOEN, Switzerland |
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EEA's contribution to biodiversity maintenance |
Annemarie Bastrup-Birk, Forests and Environment, European Environment Agency (EEA), Denmark |
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FSC’s contribution to biodiversity protection |
John Hontelez, Chief Advocacy Officer, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Belgium |
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Integration of biodiversity considerations in the forest sector in selected non OECD countries in the pan European region |
Ivonne Higuero, Chief of Operational Activities and Review Section, Environment Division, UNECE |
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FAO approach to biodiversity maintenance |
Susan Braatz, Senior Forestry Officer (Forests and Climate Change), Forestry Department, Forest Management Division, Forest Conservation Service, FAO |
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Panel 3. Climate change mitigation, substitution and adaptation, and forest and landscape restoration |
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Kyrgyzstan experiences with climate change |
Venera Surappaeva, Chief of Forest Monitoring Division, Sector of Forest Monitoring, Department of Forest and Hunting Inventory, State Agency of Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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The role of forest ecosystem services in tackling the issues related to climate change |
Alexander Panfilov, Deputy Head, Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation |
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Keynote of Switzerland: No mitigation without adaptation of forests to climate change |
Rolf Manser, Head of Forest Division, FOEN, Switzerland |
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Climate change mitigation and adaptation – problems and possible solutions for Ukrainian forests |
Liubov Poliakova, Senior Officer, International Cooperation Department, State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine |
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FAO climate change approach and forest and landscape restoration |
Susan Braatz, Senior Forestry Officer (Forests and Climate Change), Forestry Department, Forest Management Division, Forest Conservation Service, FAO |
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Joint ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the FAO European Forestry Commission matters
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6a |
Review of 2015 activities and planned activities for 2016 |
Ekrem Yazici |
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6b |
Revision of the terms of references for the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists |
Elina Warsta |
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6c |
Towards the review of the implementation of the Integrated Programme of Work 2014-2017 |
Florian Steierer |
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6d |
Report of the Joint UNECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management |
Johannes Hangler |
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Rovaniemi Action Plan Implementation |
Yana Trofimova |
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ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry matters
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7a |
Matters arising from the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
Marco Keiner |
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7b |
Matters arising from the seventy-second session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry |
Roman Michalak |
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7c |
COFFI Programme of Work 2016-17 and publications |
Elina Warsta |
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7d |
Strategic Framework |
Marco Keiner |
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7e |
COFFI Rules of Procedure |
Roman Michalak |
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