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Programme of Work 2007-2015
| UNFF 8 (2009) | UNFF 9 (2011) | UNFF 10 (2013) | UNFF 11 (2015) | |
| Main task | Achieving the four global objectives on forests and implementing the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests | Achieving the four global objectives on forests and implementing the non‑legally binding instrument on all types of forests and the international arrangement on forests | ||
| Overall themes | Forests in a changing environment; Means of implementation for sustainable forest management | Forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication | Forests and economic development | Forests: progress, challenges and the way forward for the international arrangement on forests |
| Themes | Forests in a changing environment – Forests and climate change – Reversing the loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation in all types of forests and combating desertification, including low forest cover countries – Forests and biodiversity conservation, including protected areas Means of implementation for sustainable forest management – Decision on a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework An emerging issue may be also considered | – Community-based forest management – Social development and indigenous and other local and forest-dependent communities, including forest land tenure – Social and cultural aspects International Year of Forests 2011 Assessment of Progress High-level segment An emerging issue may also be considered | – Forest products and services – National forest programmes and other sectoral policies and strategies – Reducing risks and impacts of disasters – Benefits of forests and trees to urban communities An emerging issue may be also considered | – Reviewing the effectiveness of the international arrangement on forests and consideration of all future options, as stated by the Council in its resolution 2006/49, paragraph 32
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| Cross-cutting issues | Means of implementation (finance, transfer of environmentally sound technologies, capacity-building, awareness-raising, education and information-sharing); forest law enforcement and governance at all levels. | |||
| Common agenda items | Achieving the four global objectives on forests and implementing the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests; regional and subregional inputs; multi-stakeholder dialogues and participation; enhanced cooperation and cross-sectoral policy and programme coordination, including activities and inputs of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests. | |||