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Highlights for Wednesday, 7 November 2018 From L-R: Sheamala Satkuru, Gerhard Breulmann, and Ramón Carrillo, ITTO Secretariat On Day 3, delegates held extensive consultations throughout the day on decision text setting out the procedure for selecting the ITTO Executive Director.In the afternoon and evening, work continued in the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF), the Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) and the joint Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets, and Forest Industry (CEM-CFI).The Chairperson’s Open-Ended Drafting Group on financial matters and various informal working groups also met throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from ITTC-54. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Council Session Arsene Ewossaka, Congo Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54 Gauthier Ayelo, Benin Emmanuelle Maire, EU Richard Gbadoe Edjidomele, Togo Christine Dawson, US Anna Tyler, New Zealand Jorge Malleux Orjeda, Peru Marjolijn Sonnema, Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Netherlands Mohammed Nurudeen Iddrisu, Ghana Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management From L-R: Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Vice-Chair Jobst-Michael Schröder, Germany; and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat Committee on Finance and Administration From L-R: Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat; Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Chair Luke Thompson, US; and Committee Vice-Chair Jorge Mario Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Costa Rica John Leigh, Peru Argyro Zerva, EU Jennifer Conje, US Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat Joint Session of the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets (CEM) and the Committee on Forest Industry (CFI) View of the dais during the joint session Frances Maplesden, ITTO Consultant Rupert Oliver, ITTO Consultant Around the Venue

Local artwork outside the venue The preparatory segment of the Montreal Protocol MOP 30 convened for its third day on Wednesday, 7 November 2018, in Quito, Ecuador. In the morning, delegates addressed: Review of the terms of reference, composition and balance as well as fields of expertise required of the assessment panels and their subsidiary bodies; Consideration of senior expert and other nominations by parties to the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP); and Consideration of the membership of Montreal Protocol bodies for 2019. In the afternoon, the Budget Committee and contact groups met. In evening plenary, delegates heard reports back from the contact groups and forwarded a few decisions to the High Level Segment (HLS). They also considered Harmonized System customs codes for hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and clorofluorocarbons (CFCs) substitutes and a draft decision on progress by the Multilateral Fund (MLF) Executive Committee (ExCom) in the development of guidelines for financing the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily reports and daily web coverage from MOP 30. In addition, IISD Reporting Services will publish a summary and analysis report of the meeting in HTML and PDF.   Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Liana Ghahramanyan, Armenia John Thompson and Luke H. Hall-Jordan, US Miruza Mohamed, Maldives, President of the Implementation Committee Annie Gabriel, Australia Delegates from Jordan, L-R: Emad Eddin Fattouh, Zaid Banyhani, and Ghazi Alodat Mikkel Sørensen, Denmark Philippe Chemouny, Canada Alain Wilmart, Belgium Abderrahim Chakour, Morocco Azra Rogović-Grubić, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tumau Herownna Neru, Samoa W. Stephen Comstock, ASHRAE, and Julian R de Bullet, environmental consultant L-R: Ping-Fei Shieh and Wen-Cheng Hu, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI); and Stephen Montzka, Scientific Assessment Panel Osvaldo Álvarez, Chile, in consultations with Lesley Dowling, Australia Gabriela Fischerova and Lucia Rosolankova, Slovakia Delegates from Australia, Canada, and the US, share a laugh during a break Guo Xiaolin, China Dan Teng’o, Ozone Secretariat, announced the the Protocol’s Ozone Heroes Campaign has been awarded the Hermes Creative Award. L-R: Helène Rochat, Topten; Gabrielle Dreyfus, Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program; and Jessica Brown, ClimateWorks Foundation Kevin Mead, Canada, and Nadia Sohier Zaman, IISD Amit Love (center), India, confers with delegates from the EU Abdulrahman Salih Hariri, Saudi Arabia, in consultations with OEWG Co-Chair Yaqoub Almatouq (right), Kuwait Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC) delegates meet informally Delegates from India, Argentina, Brazil, China, and Kuwait discuss the agenda item on guidelines The Budget Committee A view of the room during the contact group on energy efficiency Delegates discuss during the contact group on adjustments OzoneAction representatives Mazen Hussein, Lebanon; OEWG Co-Chair Yaqoub Almatouq, Kuwait; and Hasan Mubarak, Bahrain Around the Venue Members of ITRI and the delegation of the Republic of Korea  

Highlights for Tuesday, 6 November 2018 Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO Discussions on the morning of the second day of ITTC-54 focused on progress in implementing the Biennial Work Programme (BWP) for 2018-2019. The discussions highlighted a number of project reports as well as new initiatives, including: A World Bank report on incentives for green-growth value chain investments in tropical forests; An initiative to establish legal and sustainable forest product supply chains at the international level involving leading Chinese timber companies; Preliminary findings from the 2017-2018 Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation; Collaboration between ITTO and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); and, Revision of the ITTO Restoration Guidelines. In the afternoon, during the joint session of the Committees, delegates received the Report of the 53rd Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals and engaged with the ITTO Annual Market Discussion, organized by the Trade Advisory Group (TAG). It was followed by a launch event for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Mekong Region.The day closed with meetings of the Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) and Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF). IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from ITTC-54. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Council Session Bruno Mfou'ou Mfou'ou, Cameroon Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat Katharina Kuehmayer, and Yves-Marie Leonet, EU Emmanuelle Maire and Argyro Zerva, EU Steven Johnson, ITTO Secretariat Werner Kornexl, World Bank Matthias Schwoerer, Germany Emma Hatcher, Australia Frances Maplesden, ITTO Consultant Jürgen Blaser, ITTO Consultant Jorge Mario Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Costa Rica Jennifer Conje, US Delegates from Peru during the Council Session Annual Market Discussion Jobst-Michael Schröder, CRF Vice-Chair, ITTC-54 Benoît Jobbé-Duval, Association Technique Internationale des Bois (ATIBT), France Meng Qian, Chinese Academy of Forestry Françoise van de Ven, Secretary-General, Industrial Forestry Trade Union, Gabon Eric de Munck, Netherlands Timber Trade Association/ Timber Information Centre Ngo Sy Hoai, Secretary-General, Vietnam Forester Club Cindy Squires, Executive Director, International Wood Products Association Gleisson Omar Tagliari, Mato Grosso State Timber Production and Exportation Industries Center (CIPEM) Launching Activity Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO, and Matthias Schwoerer, Germany, launching the project on Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Mekong Region Group photo following the launch of the project Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management From L-R: Young Tae Choi, ITTO Secretariat; Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Chair Dambis Kaip, Papua New Guinea; Committee Vice-Chair Jobst-Michael Schröder, Germany; and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat Makino Yamanoshita, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Marjukka Mähönen, Finland Committee on Finance and Administration From L-R: Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Chair Luke Thompson, US; Committee Vice-Chair Jorge Mario Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Costa Rica; and Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat Around the Venue "Keragaman Hayati Hutan Tropis" (Tropical Forests Biodiversity), wood carving presented to the ITTO by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.

Delegates during Tuesday’s proceedings The preparatory segment of the Montreal Protocol MOP 30 convened for its second day on Tuesday, 6 November 2018, in Quito, Ecuador.In the morning, delegates addressed linkages between hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in transitioning to low global warming potential (GWP) alternatives, and issues related to energy efficiency while phasing down HFCs.In the afternoon, delegates discussed: Proposed adjustments to the Montreal Protocol on HCFCs for non-Article 5 parties; Unexpected emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11); and Issue raised by the United Arab Emirates regarding eligibility for financial and technical assistance. For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily reports and daily web coverage from MOP 30. In addition, IISD Reporting Services will publish a summary and analysis report of the meeting in HTML and PDF.   Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Bella Maranion, Fabio Polonara, and Suely Carvalho, Senior Experts of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP); Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat; Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; OEWG Co-Chair Cindy Newberg, US; OEWG Co-Chair Yaqoub Almatouq, Kuwait; Megumi Seki, Deputy Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; Martha Leyva, Ozone Secretariat; and Martha Mulumba, Ozone Secretariat Moosa Masoud Al-Kalbani, Oman Hasan Mubarak, Bahrain L-R: Bella Maranion, Fabio Polonara, and Suely Carvalho, TEAP Senior Experts Samuel Pare, Burkina Faso Patricia Soares Leite, Brazil OEWG Co-Chair Cindy Newberg, US, and OEWG Co-Chair Yaqoub Almatouq, Kuwait Charles Ikeah, Nigeria Juliet Kabera, Rwanda Gabriela Lira and Magda Luduvice, Brazil Ralph Brieskorn, the Netherlands, and Philip Owen, European Union (EU) The German delegation during informal consultations Crescentia Foulo and Mathatela Ntsatsi, Lesotho Paul Krajnik, EU Laura Juliana Arciniegas, Colombia Amit Love, India Members of the Scientific Assessment Panel. L-R: Stephen Montzka, Bonfils Safari, Paul Newman, and John Pyle. María Antonella Parodi, Argentina Shontelle Wellington, Barbados John Thompson and Lauren Stowe, US Xia Yingxian, China Ana María Kleymeyer, Federated States of Micronesia Najme Ghaedizade, Iran Around the Venue  

Highlights for Monday, 5 November 2018 Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), and Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54 The fifty-fourth session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-54), and the Associated Sessions of the four Committees (Finance and Administration; Economics, Statistics and Markets; Forest Industry; and Reforestation and Forest Management) opened on Monday, 5 November 2018 in Yokohama, Japan.In the morning, following introductory remarks by ITTC Chair Zhang Zhongtian, opening statements were made by: Alain-Richard Donwahi, Minister of Water and Forests, Ivory Coast; Félix Ngoma, Ambassador of Republic of Congo to Japan; Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana; Katsunori Watanabe, Deputy Mayor, City of Yokohama, Japan; Koji Hongo, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan; Hiroto Mitsugi, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO); and Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO.The Council formally welcomed Venezuela as the newest ITTO member, which brings the total membership to 36 Producing and 38 Consuming member countries.In the morning and afternoon, Council members heard progress reports from the ITTO Executive Director and the Informal Advisory Group (IAG), and began consideration of agenda items relating to financial matters, including the status of implementation of Council decisions relating to the impairment of ITTO funds and recommendations from the Ad hoc Working Group on Financing Infrastructure and Fundraising Strategies.The Committees for Finance and Administration (CFA), and Economics, Statistics and Markets and Forest Industry (CEM-CFI) also convened during the afternoon.In the evening delegates attended a reception hosted by the Government of Japan. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from ITTC-54. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Opening Session Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54 Alain-Richard Donwahi, Minister of Water and Forests, Ivory Coast Ambassador Félix Ngoma, Republic of Congo Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana Katsunori Watanabe, Deputy Mayor, City of Yokohama, Japan Koji Hongo, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan Hiroto Mitsugi, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO From L-R: Koji Hongo, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan; Alain-Richard Donwahi, Minister of Water and Forests, Ivory Coast; Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO; Ambassador Félix Ngoma, Republic of Congo; Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54; Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana; and Katsunori Watanabe, Deputy Mayor, City of Yokohama, Japan Council Session From L-R: Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat; Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO; Zhang Zhongtian, Chair of ITTC-54; John Leigh, Vice-Chair of ITTC-54 Emmanuelle Maire, EU Catherine Karr-Colque, US Jorge Malleux Orjeda, Peru Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat Cécile Ndjebet, The African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), Cameroon (sedond from left) Alexander Knapp, CEO, AKC Global Jennifer Conje, Vice Chair, Ad Hoc Working Group on Financing Infrastructure and Fundraising Strategies Joint Session of the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets (CEM) and the Committee on Forest Industry (CFI) View of the dais during the session Co-Chair Anna Tyler, New Zealand Co-Chair Björn Merkell, Sweden Committee on Finance and Administration View of the dais during the session Argyro Zerva, EU Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat Between Sessions Victoire Eheth, and Bruno Mfou'ou Mfou'ou, Cameroon Josefina Takahashi, and Mario Bustamante, Peru Around the Venue