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COVERAGE OF MEETINGS ON FORESTS, DESERTIFICATION OR LAND ISSUES

   Forests Meetings covered by ENB

   Other Forest Meetings Covered by IISD Reporting Services

   Desertification Meetings covered by ENB

   Other Desertification Meetings Covered by IISD Reporting Services

FOREST MEETINGS COVERED BY ENB

• 56th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-56) and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  9-13 November 2020, Online

• 15th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF15)
  June 2020, Online

• UNFF14
  6-10 May 2019, UN Headquarters, New York

• 54th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-54) and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  5-9 November 2018, Yokohama, Japan

• 13th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13)
  7-11 May 2018, UN Headquarters, New York

• 53rd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  27 November - 2 December 2017, Lima, Peru

• 12th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF12)
  1-5 May 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) Working Group and Special Session
  16-20 January 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• 52nd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and the Associated Sessions of its Four Committees
  7-12 November 2016, Yokohama, Japan

• 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group (AHEG2) Established Pursuant to Paragraph 48 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution 2015/33
  24-28 October 2016, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand

• 1st Meeting of the Ad hoc Expert Group (AHEG1) on the Development of Proposals on Matters Referred to in Paragraph 44 of ECOSOC Resolution 2015/33
  25-27 April 2016, UN headquarters, New York

• 51st Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  16-21 November 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• 11th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF11)
  4-15 May 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• Second Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on the International Arrangement on Forests (AHEG2) of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)
  12-16 January 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 50th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees
  3-8 November 2014, Yokohama, Japan

• Tenth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF10)
  8-19 April 2013, Istanbul, Turkey

• Forty-seventh Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-47) and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  14-19 November 2011, Antigua Guatemala

• Ninth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF9)
  24 January - 4 February 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

• Forty-sixth Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-46) and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  13-18 December 2010, Yokohama, Japan

• Twentieth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 2010) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  4-8 October 2010, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• ITTC-45 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  9-14 November 2009, Yokohama, Japan

• Eighth Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF8)
  20 April - 1 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York

• COFO 2009
  16-20 March 2009, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• ITTC-44 and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees
  3-8 November 2008, Yokohama, Japan

• ITTC-43 and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees
  5-10 November 2007, Yokohama, Japan

• ITTC-42 and Associated Sessions of the Four Committees
  7-12 May 2007, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

• UNFF7
  16-27 April 2007, UN Headquarters, New York

• COFO 2007
  12-16 March 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) ad hoc expert group on the consideration of the content of the non-legally binding instrument (NLBI) on all types of forests
  11-15 December 2006, UN Headquarters, New York

• ITTC-41 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  6-11 November 2006, Yokohama, Japan

• UNFF6
  13-24 February 2006, UN Headquarters, New York

• Fourth Part of the United Nations Conference on the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
  16–27 January 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

• ITTC-39 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  7-12 November 2005, Yokohama, Japan

• Third Part of the United Nations Conference on the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
  27 June – 1 July 2005, Geneva, Switzerland

• UNFF5
  16-27 May 2005, UN Headquarters, New York

• COFO 2005
  14-19 March 2005, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Second Part of the United Nations Conference on the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
  14-18 February 2005, Geneva, Switzerland

• ITTC-37 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  13-18 December 2004, Yokohama, Japan

• Ad Hoc Expert Group on Consideration with a View to Recommending the Parameters of a Mandate for Developing a Legal Framework on All Types of Forests
  7-10 September 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• First of the United Nations Conference on the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
  26-30 July 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

• ITTC-36 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  20-23 July 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland

• UNFF4
  3-14 May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

• Forests and Forest Ecosystems: Promoting Synergy in the Implementation of the Three Rio Conventions
  5-7 April 2004, Viterbo, Italy

• Preparatory Committee for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA), 1994 (PREPCOM II)
  10-12 November 2003, Yokohama, Japan

• ITTC-35 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  3-8 November 2003, Yokohama, Japan

• Third Session of the United Nations Forum on Forest (UNFF-3)
  26 May - 6 June 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

• Preparatory Committee for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA), 1994 (PREPCOM1)
  20-21 May 2003, Panama City, Panama

• ITTC-34 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  12-17 May 2003, Panama City, Panama

• COFO 2003
  10-14 March 2003, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• ITTC-33 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  4-9 November 2002, Yokohama, Japan

• ITTC-32 and Associated Sessions of the Committees
  13-18 May 2002, Bali, Indonesia

• UNFF2
  4-15 March 2002, UN Headquarters, New York, US 

• UNFF1
  11-22 June 2001, UN Headquarters, New York, US

• UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) Organizational Meeting and Informal Consultations on the Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW) of the UNFF
  12-16 February 2001, UN Headquarters, New York, US

• Fourth Session of the IFF
  31 January-11 February 2000, UN Headquarters, New York

• Third Session of the IFF
  3-14 May 1999, Geneva, Switzerland

• Second Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF)
  24 August - 4 September 1998, Geneva, Switzerland

• Go to archives of IPF, IFF, UNFF, and ITTC meetings

OTHER FOREST MEETINGS COVERED BY IISD REPORTING SERVICES

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Side Event “Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World”
  10 May 2018, UN Headquarters, New York

• International Conference “Working Across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area - From Aspiration to Action”
  20-22 February 2018, Headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy

• Las2017 - Joint Session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) European Forestry Commission
  9-12 October 2017, Warsaw, Poland

• 7th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe and Extraordinary Ministerial Conference
  20-21 October 2015, Madrid, Spain

• Resumed 4th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally-Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4)
  7-8 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

• Metsä2013 - Joint Session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) European Forestry Commission
  9-13 December 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland

• Fifth Forest Investment Program (FIP) Pilot Country Meeting
  24-26 September 2013, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

• Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally-Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4)
  10-14 June 2013, Warsaw, Poland

• Resumed Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests3)
  3-5 April 2013, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

• Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests3)
  28 January - 1 February 2013, Antalya, Turkey

• Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests2)
  3-7 September 2012, Bonn, Germany

• FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference Oslo 2011
  14-16 June 2011, Oslo, Norway

• Ninth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
  8 February 2011, London, England

• Workshop on Forest Governance, Decentralization and REDD+ in Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop on Forest Governance, Decentralization and REDD+ in Latin America and the Caribbean
  31 August - 3 September 2010, Oaxaca, Mexico

• Fifth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
  22 June 2010, Washington D.C., United States of America

• Fourth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
  6 April 2010, London, England

• XIII World Forestry Congress (WFC 2009) and Pre-Congress Workshop on Regional Forest Cooperation
  18-23 October 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Forest Day 2
  6 December 2008, Poznań, Poland

• Forest Day 1
  8 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia

• Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
  5-7 November 2007, Warsaw, Poland

• Country-Led Initiative in Support of the Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW) of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF): Charting the Way Forward to 2015
  13-16 February 2007, Bali, Indonesia

• First International Conference of Parliamentarians on the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems
  24-27 October 2006, Yaoundé, Cameroon

• Europe & North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (ENA FLEG)
  22-25 November 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia

• Scoping for a Future Agreement on Forests
  16-18 November 2005, Berlin, Germany

• Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
  6-8 June 2005, Moscow, Russia

• Global Initiative on Forest Landscape Restoration
  4-8 April 2005; Petrópolis, Brazil

• Country Led Initiative in Support of the United Nations Forum on Forests Regarding a Future International Arrangement on Forests
  25-28 January 2005, Guadalajara, Mexico

• ASB Open Science Meeting on Tropical Forests and Water
  8 December 2004, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia

• Interlaken Workshop on Decentralization in Forestry
  27-30 April 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland

• Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Process (AFLEG)
  13-16 October 2003, Yaoundé, Cameroon

• XII World Forestry Congress
  21-28 September 2003, Québec City, Canada

• 4th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
  28-30 April 2003, Vienna, Austria

• UNFF Country-Led Initiative: Lessons Learned in Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting on Implementation of IPF/IFF Proposals for Action
  17-20 March 2003, Viterbo, Italy

• International Conference on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (CICI)
  3-7 February 2003, Guatemala City, Guatemala

• Expert Consultation: Trade and Sustainable Forest Management Impacts and Interactions
  3-5 February 2003, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (AFLEG) Ministerial Planning
  18-20 June 2002, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

• International Expert Meeting on Forest Landscape Restoration
  27-28 February 2002, San José, Costa Rica

• Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) East Asia Ministerial Conference
  11-13 September 2001, Bali, Indonesia

• Workshop on Financing Sustainable Forest Management
  22-25 January 2001, Oslo, Norway

• Eight-Country Initiative on Shaping the Programme of Work of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)
  27 November - 1 December 2000, Bonn, Germany

• Final Meeting of the Costa Rica Canada Initiative
  6-10 December 1999, San José, Costa Rica 

• Global Workshop on Addressing the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation
  18-22 January 1999, San José, Costa Rica

• International Consultation on Research and Information Systems in Forestry
  7-10 September 1998, Gmunden, Austria   

• International Expert Consultation on Operationalization for the IPF's Proposal for Action at the National Level
  29 June-3 July 1998, Baden-Baden, Germany

• XI World Forestry Congress
  13-22 October 1997

• Expert consultation “Implementing the Forest Principles -- Promotion of National Forest and Land Use Programmes”
  17-21 June 1996

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DESERTIFICATION MEETINGS COVERED BY ENB

• 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14)
  2-13 September 2019, New Delhi, India

• 17th Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 17) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  28-30 January 2019, Georgetown, Guyana

• 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 13)
  6-16 September 2017, Ordos, China

• 15th Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 15) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  18-20 October 2016, UN Office at Nairobi (UNON), Kenya

• 12th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 12)
  12-23 October 2015, Ankara, Turkey

• Thirteenth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 13) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  25-27 March 2015, Bonn, Germany

• Fourth Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-4) and UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference
  9-12 March 2015, Cancún, Mexico

• Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP11) - “A stronger UNCCD for a Land-Degradation Neutral World”
  16-27 September 2013, Windhoek, Namibia

• UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2nd Scientific Conference, Third Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-3) and Eleventh Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 11)
  9-12 and 15-19 April 2013, Bonn, Germany

• Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 10)
  10-21 October 2011, Changwon, Republic of Korea

• Second Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-2) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Ninth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 9)
  16-18 and 21-25 February 2011, Bonn, Germany

• Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the UNCCD
  21 September - 2 October 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• UNCCD CRIC 7 and CST S-1
  3-14 November 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

• UNCCD High-Level Policy Dialogue
  27 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

• UNCCD COP 8
  3-14 September 2007, Madrid, Spain

• UNCCD CRIC 5
  12-21 March 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• UNCCD COP 7
  17-28 October 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

• UNCCD CRIC 3
  2-11 May 2005; Bonn, Germany

• UNCCD COP 6
  25 August - 5 September 2003, Havana, Cuba

• UNCCD CRIC 1
  11-22 November 2002, Rome, Italy

• UNCCD COP 5
  1-12 October 2001, Geneva, Switzerland

• UNCCD COP 4
  11-22 December 2000, Bonn, Germany

• UNCCD COP 3
  15-26 November 1999, Recife, Brazil

• UNCCD COP 2
  30 November - 11 December 1998, Dakar, Senegal

• First meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  29 September - 10 October 1997, Rome, Italy

• Go to archives of desertification meetings

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OTHER DESERTIFICATION MEETINGS COVERED BY IISD REPORTING SERVICES

• International Forum on Soils, Society and Global Change
  31 August - 4 September 2007, Selfoss, Iceland

• Joint International Conference - Desertification and the International Policy Imperative
  17-19 December 2006, Algiers, Algeria

• International Symposium and Workshop on “Combating Desertification: Connecting Science with Community Action”
  12-16 May 1997, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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