Major Groups Representatives engaged in the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) process are calling for expressions of interest from organizations who have implemented projects that have successfully addressed various dynamics associated with forests and economic development for presentation in an international workshop. These projects are sought as case study for knowledge sharing during a Major Groups workshop to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 13-17 June 2012 on the Theme Forest and Economic Development: Positioning Forests to contribute to Green Economy.

The global workshop is a Major Groups-led Initiative (MGI) in support of UNFF to develop policy recommendations for United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) 10 scheduled to take place in Istanbul, Turkey in 2013 hosted by the government of Brazil and funded by the German Ministry of Agriculture (BMELV). In keeping with the theme of UNFF10, selected projects will be those that explicitly address successful projects that exemplify the relationships between forests and economic development.

The projects being proposed should address the following broad theme of UNFF10: Forests and economic development or any of the sub-themes below

• a. Forest Products and Services;
• b. National Forest Programmes and other Sectoral Policies and Strategies;
• c. Reducing Risks and Impacts of Disasters;
• d. Benefits of Forests and Trees to Urban Communities.

IMPORTANT DATES

1. Submissions should be in English and received by FRIDAY 16 MARCH, 2012 for consideration. Please send expressions of interest to Dr. Lauren
Eastwood (lauren.eastwood@plattsburgh.edu). OR (leeastwood@msn.com)
2. The submissions will be reviewed and authors of successful entries will be communicated to by FRIDAY 20 APRIL, 2012.
3. A memorandum of understanding will be signed between the authors and the organizers for the preparation of the presentation to begin.

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Call for Expression of Interest