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1992

June '92:  UN Conference on Environment & Development

Chapter 11 - Combating Deforestation

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_11.txt

Non-legally binding authoritative statement of principles for a consensus on the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/forestp.txt

1994

'94:  International Tropical Timber Agreement

International Tropical Timber Organisation

Yokohama, Japan

http://www.itto.or.jp/inside/agreement.html

1995

'95:  Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation

International Tropical Timber Organisation

http://www.itto.or.jp/inside/review1995/index.html

Mar. '95:  12^th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/montes/fo/statbod/cofo/cofo1995.htm

May '95:  Life Cycle Analysis - a challenge for forestry and the forest industry

European Forest Institute

Hamburg, Germany

http://www.efi.fi/events/1995/cfp-lifecycle.html

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June '95:  Assessment of biodiversity aspects of forest policy analysis

European Forest Institute

Koli, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/~uuttera/bdworks4.htm

June '95:  Multiple use and environmental values in forest planning

European Forest Institute

Tohmajärvi, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1995/tohmiscfp.html

Aug. '95:  Internet applications and electronic information resources in forestry and environmental sciences

European Forest Institute

Joensuu, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1995/iaeirfes

Aug. '95:  Caring for the forest: Research in a changing world

International Union of Forest Research Organisations - Twentieth World Congress

Tampere, Finland

http://www.metla.fi/iufro/congress.html

Sept. '95:  First Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/ipf/session1

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1996

'96:  Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation

International Tropical Timber Organisation

http://www.itto.or.jp/inside/review1996/index.html

Mar. '96:  Forest Industries Towards the Third Millennium

European Forest Institute

Joensuu, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1996/3rd.html

Mar. '96:  Second Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

Geneva, Switzerland

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/ipf/session2

June '96:  International Summer School - Forest Policy Analysis

European Forest Institute

Joensuu, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1996/fpa.html

June '96:  Integrating Environmental Values into Forest Planning

European Forest Institute

Räpina, Estonia

http://www.efi.fi/events/1996/rapina.html

Sept. '96:  Third Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

Geneva, Switzerland

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/ipf/session3

Oct. '96:  Assessment of Biodiversity for Improved Forest Planning

European Forest Institute

Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1996/monteverita.html

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1997

'97:  State of the World's Forests

FAO

http://www.fao.org/montes/sofotoc.htm

'97:  Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation

International Tropical Timber Organisation

http://www.itto.or.jp/inside/review1997/index.html

Feb. '97:  Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/ipf/session4

Mar. '97:  13^th Session of FAO's Committee on Forestry

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/acpwp/acpwp38/13cofoe.htm

Apr. '97:  Report to the CSD of the Ad-Hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Forests on its Fourth Session

Commission on Sustainable Development – Fifth Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/97-12.EN

June '97:  Further implementation of Agenda 21 on forests: Para. 37 - 41

UN General Assembly Special Session - Earth Summit II

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/ga/recs/spec/RES-S19.2

Interagency Partnership on Forests

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/ipf/itffplan.txt

June '97:  Future Forest Policies in Europe

European Forest Institute - Forest Policy Research Forum

Joensuu, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1997/futureforestpolicies.html

Aug. '97:  International Conference on Forest Policy in Countries with Economies in transition

European Forest Institute

Prague, Czech Republic

http://www.efi.fi/events/1997/forestpolicyincountries.html

Oct. '97:  First Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/iff/session1

Oct. '97:  11^th World Forestry Congress

FAO

Anatalya, Turkey

http://www.fao.org/montes/wforcong/default.htm

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1998

'98:  Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation

International Tropical Timber Organisation

http://www.itto.or.jp/inside/review1998/index.html

Mar. '98:  Potential Markets for Certified Forest Products in Europe

European Forest Institute

Brussels, Belgium

http://www.efi.fi/events/1998/potential_markets.html

May '98:  G7 Birmingham Summit – Action Programme on Forests

Group of 7

Birmingham, UK

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/g7/foreign/forests.html

May '98:  Decisions on Forest Bio-diversity adopted at the 4^th Conference of the Parties

Convention on Biological Diversity

Bratislava, Slovak Republic

http://www.biodiv.org/cop4/finalrep/decisions/7.html

Draft Programme of work for Forest Bio-Diversity

http://www.biodiv.org/cop4/4-07/COP4-7e.html

Aug. '98:  Second Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

Geneva, Switzerland

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/iff/session2

Aug. '98:  Integrating Environmental Values into Small-scale Forestry

European Forest Institute

Vancouver, Canada

http://www.efi.fi/events/1998/environmental_values.html

Sept. '98:  European Forest Institute - Fifth Annual Conference

Zvolen, Slovak Republic

http://www.efi.fi/events/1998/5th_Annual_Conference/

Oct. '98:  International Conference on Forest Management in Designated Conservation/Recreation Areas

European Forest Institute

Florence, Italy

http://www.efi.fi/events/1998/forest_management

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1999

'99:  The State of the World's Forests '99

FAO

Acrobat File

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FORESTRY/

sofo/sofo99/pdf/sofo_e/coper_en.pdf

Mar. '99:  14^th Session of FAO's Committee on Forests

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/cofo/cofo14/en/x0085e.htm

Mar. '99:  Ministerial Meeting on Sustainable Issues in Forestry, The National & International Challenges – The Rome Declaration on Forestry

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/montes/MM99/rmdec-en.htm

May '99:  Third Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development

Geneva, Switzerland

hppt://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/docsiff3.htm

June '99:  The Role of National Forest Programs to Ensure Sustainable Forest Management

European Forest Institute

Joensuu, Finland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1999/nfp/

June '99:  12^th World Forestry Congress

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/x2179e.htm

Sept. '99:  European Forest Institute - Sixth Annual Conference

Chartreuse Ittingen, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland

http://www.efi.fi/events/1999/6th_Annual_Conference/

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2000

Jan. - Feb. '00:  Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/forests.htm

Feb. '00:  International Workshop on a Forest Capital Index

The World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development

Cheannai, India

http://www.whrc.org

Mar. '00:  Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management at the Forest Management Unit Level

European Forestry Institute

http://www.efi.fi/events/2000/criteria

Apr. '00:  Forests: Outcomes of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

Commission on Sustainable Development - Eighth Session

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm

8-11 May '00:  International Conference on the Design and Management of Forest Protected Areas

WWF

Bangkok, Thailand

http://www.panda.org/news/press/news.cfm?id=1937

May 2000:  Forest Sustainability Beyond 2000: Building a Common Vision for Canada's Forests

Onterio, Canada

Contact:  fsb2000@flash.lakeheadu.ca

http://www.forconfor2000.org

24-30 May '00:  28th Meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organisation

ITTO 

Lima, Peru

http://www.itto.or.jp/inside/download/E-C28-29-report.doc

12-16 June 2000:  20TH Session of the FAO North American Forest Commission. (NAFC)

FAO

New Brunswick, Canada

http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/statbod/nafc/nafc-e.stm

7-12 Aug. 2000:  XXI The International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress

IUFRO

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/congress/

15-21 Aug. 2000:  International Conference on Forest Ecosystems – Ecology, Conservation and Sustainable Management

Sichuan Forestry Academy, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

http://www.agnic.org/mtg/2000/icfeecsm.html

4-8 Sept. '00:  Intergovernmental Dialogue on Forests - Latin American and Caribbean Forestry

UN Division for Sustainable Development

Bogota, Colombia

http://www.un.org/rio+10

9-13 Oct. '00:  Joint Session of the European Forestry Commission (30th Session) and ECE Timber Committee

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org

12-13 Oct. '00:  International Conference on Forests and Sustainable Development

UN University

Tokyo, Japan

http://www.unu.edu/capacitybuilding/index.htm

17-18 Oct. '00:  Meeting of Interagency Task Force on Forests

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org

27 Nov. - 1 Dec. '00:  Technical Expert Group on Forests

Secretariat of UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal, Canada

http://www.biodiv.org

7-8 Dec. '00:  Finding Synergies between Forest-Related Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Centre for International and European Environmental Research

Berlin, Germany

2001

22-25 Jan. '01:  International Workshop of Experts on Financing Sustainable Forest Management

Centre for International Forestry Research

Oslo, Norway

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/fsfm/index.htm

12-16 Mar. '01:  15^th Session of FAO's Committee on Forests

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/cofo/cofo15/cofo15-e.htm

4-5 Apr. '01:  Interagency Task Force on Forests

FAO

Rome, Italy

http://www.fao.org/forestry/

18-25 April '01:  16th Commonwealth Forestry Conference

Secretariat, Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

Fremantle, Australia

http://www.fao.org

23-27 Apr. '01:  Meeting of Technical Experts Group on Forests

Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity

Edinburgh, UK

http://www.biodiv.org

28 May - 2 June '01:  30th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council

ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation)

Yaounde, Cameroon

http://www.itto.or.jp/ittcdd_ses/thirtieth_sessions.html

11-22 June '01:  First Substantive Session for the UN Forum on Forests

Secretariat, Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/forests.htm