MANDATE

OBJECTIVES

Advise the UNECE/FAO and FAO secretariats on the implementation of activities in Work Area 2 “Forest Resources Assessment”, with regard to data collection, validation and dissemination;
Contribute to the coordination of reporting on criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management by Forest Europe and Montreal process countries;
Support the regional contribution to the global Forest Resource Assessment FRA;
Strengthen the strategic discussion of the monitoring of sustainable forest management;
Improve countries’ reporting capacities and support development of national systems of forest monitoring;
Provide advice on the implementation of the framework on forest types;
Contribute to the institutional cooperation on monitoring of forests;
Maintain and expand the international network and forums for discussion on forest resources and the monitoring of sustainable forest management.

EXPECTED MAJOR OUTPUTS

Regional contribution to Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 and 2015;
Assistance in the preparation and review of the next report on the State of Forests in Europe, for the Sixth and Seventh Ministerial Conferences: including advice on enquiries, definitions etc., covering quantitative indicators;
Improved reporting capacity of countries weak in reporting on criteria and indicators for the State of Europe’s Forests Reports;
Guidance on the implementation of the forest type classification.

Established/Approved	Joint session of the UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission, 23-24 October 2008
Duration	From 2010 to 2013, renewable thereafter
Team Leader	Simon Gillam (United Kingdom)
Deputy Leaders	Andrius Kuliešis (Lithuania) Brad Smith (United States)
Responsible Secretariat Member	Roman Michalak

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