Pre-World Forest Week high-level dialogue

FRIDAY 19 JULY 2024
09.30–17.00 CEST

SHEIKH ZAYED CENTRE and ONLINE
FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME

Overview

This high-level dialogue will provide a platform for countries and other stakeholders to review progress on implementation of the sustainable wood pathways identified in the Ministerial Call on Sustainable Wood launched in 2022 at the XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

This event will also be an opportunity to explore emerging partnerships, synergies and critical needs to achieve the objectives of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement.

A Ministerial segment will be chaired by His Excellency Norbert Totschnig, Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management, where countries will renew commitments to collaborate and invite new countries to join efforts towards scaling-up contributions of wood to the development of strong environmentally-friendly and carbon-neutral economies.

The main language of the event will be English, with interpretation available in the six UN official languages. The event will be broadcasted.

Outputs

Review of progress on sustainable wood use since the Ministerial Call on Sustainable Wood.
Global exchange of knowledge, experiences and lessons learned among initiatives and projects.
Identification of opportunities for international cooperation and collaboration among initiatives.
Renewed and broadened country commitments to implement the sustainable wood pathways and to join forces together to promote enhanced policy and technical dialogue and exchange among producer and consumer countries and key stakeholders.

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Organized by FAO and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.

Contact Thais Linhares Juvenal
Senior Forestry Officer, FAO

Speakers

Welcome

Moderator: Henry Bonsu
International Broadcaster

Opening remarks

09.30–09.50 CEST

Zhimin Wu
Director
Forestry Division
FAO

Georg Rappold
Head of Department Wood Policy, Bioeconomy and Innovation
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management
Austria

Alexander Buck
Executive Director
International Union of Forest Research Organizations

Panel I: Advancing sustainable wood pathways: cooperation for policy, science, innovation, knowledge, and investments

09.50–11.00 CEST

Sheam Satkuru
Executive Director
International Tropical Timber Organisation

Maureen Whelan
Manager, International Affairs
Canadian Forest Service
Co-Chair Forest Carbon Leaders Partnership
Canada

Veronika Juch
Coordinator of the Secretariat
European Wood Policy Platform (woodPoP)

David Brand
Chair
International Sustainable Forestry Coalition

Paul King
Chief Executive Officer
Built by Nature

Kim Carstensen
Director General
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Michael Berger
Chief Executive Officer
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

Panel II: Advancing sustainable wood pathways: Country experiences

11.00–12.00 CEST

Nelly Paredes
Executive Director
Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre
Peru

Song Hee Nam
Director General of International Affairs Bureau
Korea Forest Service
Republic of Korea

Marcus Vinicius Alves
Deputy Director General
Brazilian Forest Service
Brazil

Paulette Ebina Taraganzo
Directrice de la Valorisation des Ressources Forestières
Ministère de l’Economie Forestière
Republic of Congo

Elikana Maige John
Senior Conservation Officer
Department of Forest Resource Assessment
Tanzania Forest Service
Tanzania

Panel III: WOOD for GLOBE: Key findings

14.30–15.00 CEST

Martin Greimel
Head of Centre for Bioeconomy
Boku University
Austria

Tahiana Ramananantoandro
Head of the Forestry and Environment Department
School of Agronomy, University of Antananarivo
Madagascar

Thaís Linhares Juvenal
Senior Advisor Governance, Economics and Production
Forestry Division
FAO

Panel IV: Grow the Solution: Creating the enabling environment for sustainable wood pathways

15.00–15.30 CEST

Maria De Cristofaro
Outreach and Capacity Building Officer
Forestry Division
FAO

Gerda Wolfrum
PR & Communication Coordinator
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
Deputy Leader of FAO/UNECE Forest Communicators’ Network

Kai Lintunen
Head of International Communications
Finnish Forest Association

Jennifer Hayes
National Sustainable Operations Coordinator
United States Forest Service
Co-Leader of the North American Forest Communicators’ Network

Panel V: Advancing sustainable wood pathways – A Call for Action

15.30–16.45 CEST

H.E. Rosalie Matondo
Ministre de l’Économie Forestière
Republic of Congo

Video address by H.E. Norbert Totschnig
Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management
Austria

H.E. Beatrice Anywar Atim
Minister of State for Environment
Uganda

María J. Rodríguez de Sancho
General Director of Biodiversity, Forest and Desertification
Spain

Zentaro Kosaka
Deputy Director General of the Japan Forestry Agency
Japan

Emma Hatcher
Deputy Representative to FAO
Australia

Anna Tyler
Principal Advisor
International Forestry, International Trade and Relations, Policy and Trade
New Zealand

Manatū Ahu Matua
Ministry for Primary Industries
New Zealand

Emilio Gatto
Director General of Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry
Italy

Chaired by H.E. Jan Kickert
Ambassador of Austria to Italy

Closing remarks

16.45–17.00 CEST

Maria Helena Semedo
Deputy Director General
FAO

Forestry