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Financing for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM): Climate Change Link

United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat

Location: 322, 3rd floor, Collegium Maius

Forests represent a complex bio-physical and socio-economic system.  Its numerous products and services sustain the health of the planet and livelihoods of billions of people.  Mitigation of GHG through carbon sequestration is one of the several services the forests provide.  Climate change adversely affects forest ecosystems and steps are needed to adapt to climate change.

Sustainable forest management (SFM) is a comprehensive, dynamic and evolving concept, aiming at maintaining and enhancing the economic, social and environmental values of all types of forests, for the benefit of present and future generations.  The Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All  Types of Forests (NLBI), adopted by the General Assembly, provides a global  framework for SFM.  The side event presents the challenges, opportunities, recent developments on SFM, financial needs and new funding initiatives.

Chair:
Ms. Jan McAlpine, Director, UNFF Secretariat

Time

Title of presentation

Speaker & Institution

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14:30 – 14:35

Introduction remarks on UNFF and NLBI

Ms. Jan McAlpine

  

14:35 – 15.00

Financing Flows and Needs for Achieving Sustainable Forest Management and Forest-Based Mitigation of Climate Change

Dr. Markku Simula

 99 KB

15:00 – 15:20

Forest and Climate Change: the World Bank’s CSF/FIP

Mr. Patrick Verkooijen

  

15:20 – 15:40

Common Road ahead:  Forests and Climate Change

UNFF Bureau

  

15:40 – 16:00

Open discussion

 

  
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