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Forest Governance and Decentralisation (Intersessional on Forest Governance and Decentralisation)

Key message: Forest Governance and Decentralisatioin - preparation of candidates for negaciations in UNFF 8

Description

The overall goal of the present mandate is to raise the contribution of forests to the goal of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements. It links the global forest dialogue in the UNFF with national experts and institutions, National Forest Programmes (NFPs), respectively NFP-focal points of the FAO NFP Facility in SDC focus countries in order to increase their thematic and political participation in the negociations.

International partner: UNFF, DWAF South Africa, CIFOR

Fact sheet

Type: Long-term mandate
Start: 2008 End: 2009 Status: Current

Working domain: Natural Resource Management

Key topic: Sustainable forest management and agroforestry | Environmental service functions: water, climate, biodiversity | Collaborative management of natural resources

Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Staff

Responsible at Head Office: Jürgen Blaser

Advisors, programme officers: James K. Gasana | Jean-Marie Samyn

Contact

Address:
Maulbeerstrasse 10
P.O. Box 6724
3001 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 31 385 10 10

E-Mail: juergen.blaser@intercooperation.ch

Website: www.intercooperation.ch

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Achieving more together

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