Side Event

Policies for sustainable forest management in Europe

Organizer
FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Oslo Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe

Date and Time
8 November 2011 18:15 - 19:45

Meeting
Fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

Sustainable management of Europe’s forests requires a stable and efficient platform for coherent policy development and implementation. Therefore, European ministers responsible for forests has made the historical decision to launch negotiations for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests. They also adopted European 2020 Targets for forests. The decision was taken at the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference, which was convened on 14-16 June 2011 in Oslo, Norway.