UNFF-9 Outcomes

Under the theme “Forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication,” over 700 participants attended the two week session of UNFF-9 from 24 January-4 February. They addressed the International Year of Forests (Forests 2011); forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication; means of implementation for sustainable forest management (SFM); and adopted the Resolution on Forests for People, Livelihoods and Poverty Eradication. Delegates also attended a two-day High-Level Segment, which included the of

ficial launch of Forests 2011, and four High-Level Roundtables on: forests and people; forests and finance; “forests-plus;” and forests and Rio+20. A Ministerial Declaration (not yet released, see: Building Blocks for the UNFF-9 Ministerial Declaration as proposed by the UNFF-9 Bureau) was adopted on 3 February. Background documents