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2009
Calendar of Forest-related Events |
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February |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
16 - 20 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
“25th Session UNEP Governing Council |
UNEP |
www.unep.org |
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March |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
9 - 12 |
Nadi, Fiji |
South Pacific Community UNFF8 preparatory workshop |
SPC |
www.spc.int |
10 - 12 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
International Scientific Congress on Climate Change,"Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions" |
University of Copenhagen and International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) |
www.climate congress.ku.dk/ sylva.monde/ |
16 - 20 |
Rotorua, New Zealand |
International Forest Biosecurity Conference |
IUFRO |
www.forestbio security.com |
16 - 20 |
FAO HQ, Rome, Italy |
19th Session FAO Committee on Forestry and World Forestry Week |
FAO |
www.fao.org |
17 - 21 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
CITES Plant Committee 18 |
CITES Secretariat |
www.cites.org/eng/ |
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April |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
2 - 8 |
Paris, France |
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 7) |
CBD Secretariat
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www.cbd.int |
18 - 22 |
Helsinki, Finland |
2nd Meeting of the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change |
CBD Secretariat |
www.cbd.int |
20 April - 1 May |
UNHQ, New York, USA |
Eighth Session
of the UN Forum on Forests |
UN Forum on Forests Secretariat |
www.un.org/esa /forests |
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May |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
18 - 22 |
Hannover, Germany |
LIGNA+ 2009 - World Fair for the Forestry and Wood Industries |
Deutsche Messe |
www.ligna.de |
24 - 26 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
World Business Summit on Climate Change |
Copenhagen Climate Council, The United Nations Global Compact, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, The Climate Group, Combat Climate Change, The World Economic Forum's Climate Change Initiative |
www.copenhagen climatecouncil.com |
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June |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
1 - 12 |
Bonn, Germany |
13th sessions of the SBSTA and SBI, 6th session of the AWG-LCA and 8th session of the AWG-KP |
UNFCCC Sec |
www.unfccc.int |
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July |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
6 - 10 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
58TH Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee |
CITES Secretariat |
www.cites.org |
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August |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
23 - 29 |
Kamloops, Nairobi, Kenya |
Second World Congress on Agroforestry |
ICRAF |
www.worldagro forestry.org |
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September |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
20 - 25 |
Niigata, Japan |
International conference on multipurpose forest management |
IUFRO |
www.keiri.fr.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
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October |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
5 - 9 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
UNECE Timber Committee, 67th session |
UNECE |
www.unece.org/ |
13 - 16 |
Freiburg, Germany |
2nd International Conference on Wind Effects on Trees |
Meteorological Institute, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, in collaboration with IUFRO |
www.wind 2009.uni- freiburg.de |
18 – 25 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
XIII World Forestry Congress |
FAO |
www.fao.org/ forestry; www.wfc2009.org |
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November |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
24-25 |
Oslo, Norway |
MCPFE ELM |
MCPFE Liasion Unit |
www.mcpfe.org/ |
29 November - 2 December |
Kunming, China |
International Conference on global efforts in response to forest-related natural disasters |
IUFRO |
www.iufro.org |
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December |
Date |
Place |
Title |
Organizer |
Contact |
7-18 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Conference of the Parties (COP), Fifteenth session and Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Fifth session and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies |
UNFCCC Secretariat |
www.unfccc.int |
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