The ad hoc expert group shall provide scientific and technical advice to the Forum for its work on consideration with a view to recommending the parameters of a mandate for developing a legal framework on all types of forests.  

dates: 7-10 September 2004  
location: New York, US  
contact: Elisabeth Barsk-Rundquist, UNFF Secretariat  
phone: 1-212-963-3263  
fax: 1-917-367-3186  
e-mail: barsk-rundquist@un.org  
www: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/adhoc-legal.html