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Forest Day 2 - UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event
Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change.

Forests are now at the very center of the climate change debate. 6 December 2008, Poznan, Poland.

Following the success of the inaugural Forest Day at last year's Bali COP13, CIFOR will host Forest Day 2 at the UNFCCC COP14 in Poznan, Poland, 6 December 2008. The event will be co-hosted by the Polish Government and the State Forests, and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).

Forest Day 2 will bring together the world’s pre-eminent forest stakeholders, agenda setters and policy makers to address the key forest and climate issues of our time: • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) • Climate Change adaptation • Poverty, livelihoods, equity and justice • Data collection, baselines and methodologies • Rights, compliance, law and enforcement • Forest investment and environmental service payments.

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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
CIFOR advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).