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XIII World Forestry Congress – Forests in Development: a Vital Balance O 3 XIII WFC XIII World Forestry Congress – Forests in development: a vital balance O. Serrano )DFWV¿JXUHVDQGKLJKOLJKWVIURP he first World Forestry Congress viduals and do not represent their WKHODUJHVWIRUHVWU\JDWKHULQJHYHU YCUJGNFKPVJGUGEQPFVGP countries or organizations – came from Tyears later, and congresses have all continents, with the greatest part, DGGPQTICPK\GFCRRTQZKOCVGN[GXGT[UKZ CUGZRGEVGFHTQO%GPVTCNCPF5QWVJ years since 1949, in partnership between America, and fully half from Argentina. FAO and a host country. The XIII World They included policy-makers (including Forestry Congress, held in Buenos Aires, a number of ministers responsible for #TIGPVKPCHTQOVQ1EVQDGT forestry), researchers, forest practition- was the largest forestry gathering ever. ers and representatives from industry, 1XGTGZRGTVUJCFVJGQRRQTVWPKV[ financial institutions and development to present and discuss their work, share agencies. All 14 members of the Col- VJGKTGZRGTKGPEGUCPFKPETGCUGVJGKTPGV- laborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) works across the continents. Participants were represented, as were many non- HTQOEQWPVTKGUICVJGTGFCVVJGGZJK- governmental organizations. The atten- bition grounds of the conference centre dance of students was remarkable: some .C 4WTCN VQ GZEJCPIG XKGYU CTQWPF TGRTGUGPVKPICDTQCFTCPIGQHWPK- the theme of the congress, “Forests in versities, many supported by associa- Olman Serrano5GPKQT(QTGUVT[1HſEGT(#1 development: a vital balance”. tions such as the International Forest Stu- was Associate Secretary General of the XIII Participants – who take part as indi- dents Association (IFSA) and the Latin World Forestry Congress. Unasylva 234/235, Vol. 61, 2010 4 XIII WFC XIII WFC Leopoldo Montes, Secretary General of the XIII World FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf Forestry Congress, addressed the opening plenary, noting that welcomed participants to considering forests as an integral part of the congress on Sunday wider economic and social development evening, 18 October goals will help greatly in efforts to reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition American Forest Science Students Asso- Near East Forestry Day ciation (ALECIF). 19 October 2009 Nearly 600 participants came from #HTKECCPF#UKC/QTGVJCPpartici- Near East Forestry Day was organized in conjunction with the XIII World Forestry pants from developing countries were Congress, under the aegis of the FAO Near East Forestry Commission, to share with able to attend thanks to a sponsorship the international forestry community the key concerns of forestry in the Near East and programme coordinated by FAO and North African Region – including rangelands and biodiversity conservation, wildlife and ſPCPEKCNN[UWRRQTVGFD[VJGIQXGTPOGPVU protected areas, forest plantations in arid and semi-arid zones and the role of Near East of Finland, Spain, the United Kingdom forestry in the international dialogue and the United States of America. This special event offered a unique opportunity for forestry experts, policy-makers and For the first time, countries from the representatives from government, the private sector and non-governmental organizations Near East were strongly represented at (NGOs) to exchange views and experience, explore business opportunities and interact the World Forestry Congress and organ- with high-level panellists from the region. It attracted representatives from Egypt, ized a special event to present their com- Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia OQPEQPEGTPU $QZ and Yemen, among others. While the World Forestry Congress is The gathering raised awareness on the need to share lessons learned and to follow up a global technical forum, it attracted the UHVXOWVDFKLHYHGLQDGGUHVVLQJGHVHUWL¿FDWLRQGHJUDGDWLRQRIIRUHVWVDQGZRRGODQGVZDWHU interest of high-level policy-makers. Most scarcity and soil erosion. Participants underlined that further efforts should be developed of the world’s heads of forestry services to integrate appropriate forest policies and strategies in general land resources manage- were present. The host country organized ment. Much attention was focused on how to mobilize the necessary resources to reverse a ministerial event attended by ministers the declining trend of forest resources in the region. Participants also emphasized the responsible for forestry in Argentina, importance of collaboration between the private and public sectors and among govern- Chile, China, Costa Rica, New Zealand ments, NGOs and research institutions, as paramount for the promotion and valorization and the Republic of the Congo. of forest products and services in drylands. A concrete outcome was a set of recommendations and conclusions, developed by a core CONGRESS PROGRAMME team of forest experts attending the event, to be presented to the next session of the Near 6JGVGEJPKECNRTQITCOOGKPENWFGF East Forestry Commission, to be held in Tunis, Tunisia from 5 to 9 April 2010. presentations, selected from over 3 000 abstracts submitted, covering the seven OCKPVJGOCVKECTGCUCPFUWDVJGOGU Unasylva 234/235, Vol. 61, 2010 5 XIII WFC To celebrate the opening of the congress, Cristina Fernández cesses, instruments for forest plan- related interests, including indigenous de Kirchner, President of ning and development, institutional peoples, mountain ecosystems, biologi- Argentina, planted a tree at the Casa Rosada – the presidential settings, law compliance and good cal diversity and financing. More than headquarters – symbolizing the IQXGTPCPEGTGUGCTEJGZVGPUKQPCPF 1 500 posters were displayed, providing country’s commitment to the education, intersectoral policies and an additional opportunity for presenta- conservation and management of forest resources influences, contribution of the forest VKQPQHHKGNFGZRGTKGPEGU sector to national and local econo- • Forests and biodiversity – state of the mies, forest information; SPECIAL FEATURES forest and assessment techniques, de- • People and forests in harmony Fora on topical issues forestation and forest fragmentation, – land tenure, indigenous peoples, Full-afternoon fora were dedicated to restoration and rehabilitation, bio- communities and institutions, parti- two subjects: forests and energy, and diversity, conservation management, cipatory management and processes, forests and climate change. These well- wildlife, forest genetic diversity; work in the forestry sector, gender attended sessions, held in the plenary • Producing for development – forest and forestry. hall, included high-level keynote pres- management, planted forests, agro- 5KZVGGP KPXKVGF MG[PQVG URGCMGTU entations followed by substantive panel forestry systems, maintaining and introduced the main thematic areas in discussions. increasing forests’ productive capa- plenary. The main outcome from the climate city, forests and energy, forest uti- (KXGRNGPCT[UGUUKQPUVGEJPKECNUGU- change forum was a message from the lization practices, non-wood forest sions and three special fora provided organizers of the World Forestry Con- products, trees outside forests and multiple opportunities for participants gress to the fifteenth Conference of the other wooded land; to share and increase their knowledge of Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations • Forests in the service of people forest and cross-sectoral issues. In addi- Framework Convention on Climate – forests and water, forests and cli- tion over 100 side events were organized %JCPIG 70(%%% $QZR mate change, tourism and recrea- by institutions with particular forest- Participants in the Forests and Energy tion, urban and peri-urban forests, mountain forests and livelihoods, Euclides Pereira, representing the valuation of environmental services indigenous peoples and benefit sharing; of the Brazilian • Caring for our forests – forest fire, Amazon, dismissed the notion of an invasive species, pests and diseases, “untouched” Amazon, other disturbances; for indigenous practices have always • Development opportunities – sus- involved intervention tainability and economic viability, in nature (including industry and forest development, the development of food crops that have small and medium-scale forest enter- contributed to feeding prises, forest products trade, forest the world); he drew attention rather to certification, forests and poverty indigenous peoples’ alleviation; long experience in conserving their lands, • Organizing forest development XIII WFC natural resources, – international dialogue and pro- water and biodiversity Unasylva 234/235, Vol. 61, 2010 6 Forests and climate change: from Buenos Aires to Copenhagen Linkages of forests and climate change were discussed in four technical sessions (mitigation, impacts and adaptation, policies and institutions, forest carbon and carbon markets), in 14 special events organized by partner organizations, and during a half-day forum entitled “Forestry and climate change: to Copenhagen and beyond”. 6JGTGUWNVUQHVJGXCTKQWUUGUUKQPUCTGTGƀGEVGFKPVJGHQNNQYKPIOGUUCIGHTQOVJGEQPITGUUCFQRVGFQP(TKFC[1EVQDGTVQ COP 15 of UNFCCC (Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2009): The XIII World Forestry Congress (WFC) notes with concern the impacts of climate change on forests and strongly emphasizes the important role forests play in climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as the need for forest-dependent people and forest ecosystems to adapt to this challenge. Forests are more than carbon. They harbor two thirds of all land-based biodiversity, and generate critical ecosystem goods and services such as water, food, and income from over 5 000 commercial
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