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EUROPEAN FOREST WEEK
20-24 October 2008
The European Forest Week will take place in Brussels, Rome and all over Europe. The four days in Rome, 21 to 24 October, will feature discussions on climate change and forests, energy and forests, water and forests and "working together for European forests". For information visit www.europeanforestweek.org or write to efw@unece.org. The full schedule of UNECE/FAO events is available here.
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Annual Timber Committee Market Discussions
will be joint in 2008 with the European Forestry Commission
at the European Forest Week on 21-22 October in Rome. Theme: Green building impacts on the forest sector.
For preliminary programme click here. Forest product market statements from UNECE region countries are available here.
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“The roles of wood in green building and green building effects on the forest sector in the UNECE region”
Monday October 20 th , 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
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United States forest products market crash impacts UNECE region markets in 2007 and 2008 |
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) just released the UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2007-2008. Its 12 chapters cover all forest products market sectors as well as interlinked policy developments in the UNECE region of Europe, North America and the CIS. In addition to the market and policy analysis, considerable statistical information may be found in the electronic annexes of statistical tables available on the Review’s website. In line with the joint UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission Market Discussions to be held on 21-22 October 2008 during the European Forest Week, in Rome, the Review’s theme is “Green building’s impact on the forest sector in the UNECE region.”
The study’s main findings are available via this press release. The entire publication is available by clicking here. The Review is also a new UN sales document which can be purchased through the distributors of United Nations publications in various countries or from the United Nations Office at Geneva (e-mail: unpubli@unog.ch) |
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International Seminar on Infrastructure and Transport in Sustainably Managed Forests
21-26 October 2008, Portorose, Slovenia
This seminar is carried out by UNECE/FAO in collaboration with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), the University of Padua, Italy and the
Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; in conjunction with
The Pan European Forest Week.
This event will offer the opportunity to exchange experiences and share information on the state of the art of knowledge for the improvement of forestry infrastructure, its maintenance and use in view of new trends in forest harvesting and wood transport.
click here for more information |
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Now Available: Forest and forest products country profile: Tajikistan
The profile contains a brief analysis of the evolution of the forest sector and data for the principal categories and volumes of goods and services in the forestry sector. It is available in both English (click here) and Russian (click here). |
Our Programme to 2013
The Special Session, which took place 28-30 April 2008, agreed on the broad lines of programme priorities and activities for the period 2008-13, reflected in the Strategic Plan of the joint integrated programme of work on timber and forestry of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission. This plan will be reviewed by the Bureaux and then be put forward to the joint session of the Committee and the Commission at the European Forest Week, 20-24 October 2008.The Strategic Plan along with the report of the Special Session, and background information on the 2007-2008 strategic review process are available on the Strategic Review website. |
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