Room: Grand Ball Room B

SUMMARY OF FOREST DAY

Ms Frances Seymour (Indonesia)
Director General, Center for International Forestry Research
Former Director, Institutions and Governance program, World Resources Institute
Former Director, Development Assistance Policy, World Wildlife Fund

RESPONSE TO FOREST DAY

Mr. Roberto Acosta,
Coordinator of our Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

CLOSING REMARKS

CEOs of Collaborative Partnership on Forests (tbc)

• Emmanuel Ze Meka (Japan)
  Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization
  

• Don K. Lee (Austria)
  President, International Union of Forest Research Organizations
  

INVITATION TO RECEPTION

Boen Purnama (Indonesia)
Secretary General, Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia; Chair, EightUN Forum on Forestry Bureau.

Forest Day has been launched to provide an interactive forum through which a broad cross-section of stakeholders can engage in dialogue and debate around forests and climate change.

The Closing Plenary will bring together participants to report on findings from the day, including areas of consensus, as well as those areas where opinions diverge.

Ms Frances Seymour, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research, will present a summary report, which will then be responded to by Mr Yvo De Boer, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and other panellists.

In drawing together the major outputs of Forest Day, the Closing Plenary will help to pave the way for a successful, post-2012 forest and climate agenda, by identifying and clarifying key issues to feed into the official Conference of the Parties.