Some headway was made at UNFF-6 (13-24 February 2006) as negotiators were finally able to agree on how to proceed with reconstituting the international arrangement on forests (IAF).
Although no final decisions were reached at UNFF-6, delegates did generate a negotiating text that contains new language on the function of the international arrangement on forests, […]
Some headway was made at UNFF-6 (13-24 February 2006) as negotiators were finally able to agree on how to proceed with reconstituting the international arrangement on forests (IAF).
Although no final decisions were reached at UNFF-6, delegates did generate a negotiating text that contains new language on the function of the international arrangement on forests, a commitment to convene UNFF biennially after 2007, and a request that UNFF-7 (16-27 April 2007) adopt a non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests. UNFF-6 also set four global objectives for the IAF: reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management (SFM), including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation; enhance forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits and the contribution of forests to the achievement of internationally agreed development goals; increase significantly the area of protected forests worldwide and other areas of sustainably managed forests; and reverse the decline in ODA for SFM and mobilize significantly increased new and additional financial resources from all sources for the implementation of SFM.
Links to further information
IISD Reporting Services coverage of the Sixth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-6)
United Nations Forum on Forests web site