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Publications and Reports - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)


This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners, and other materials of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents, listed below in date order, can be downloaded free, purchased online, or printed copies can be ordered from julia@forestpeoples.org.

All our publications are free to indigenous peoples' organisations.
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Publication
Format
Documents - general
Forum - International Negotiations on Forests
Article covering the history of negotiations within the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Convention on Biological Diversity, considering the avenues available for indigenous peoples to most effectively defend their rights to lands and resources within the conservation and forestry debates
Published in "Biodiversity", the quarterly journal of TC-Biodiversity
Helen Leake and Myrle Traverse
December 2007
pdf (0.4Mb)
Briefing on the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and
Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)

December 2004
Nota informativa acerca del Foro de las Naciones Unidas sobre Bosques (FNUB)
y la Asociación de Colaboración en materia de Bosque
s
Diciembre de 2004
html
Briefing sur le Forum des Nations Unies sur les forêts (FNUF)
et le Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts (PCF)

Décembre 2004
html
Can a legally binding agreement for forests make a difference?
Joint statement

September 2004
html
¿Puede un acuerdo legalmente vinculante sobre bosques ofrecer diferencias?
Declaración conjunta

Septiembre de 2004
html
Consolidating the Gains
Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Forest Policy Making at the United Nations

Tom Griffiths
December 2001
pdf
Consolidando los Logros
Los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y la Elaboración de la Política Forestal
en las Naciones Unidas

Tom Griffiths
Diciembre de 2001
pdf
La Consolidation des Gains
Les droits des peuples autochtones et l'élaboration des politiques forestières aux Nations Unies

Tom Griffiths
Décembre 2001
pdf
The 8-country initiative to discuss
"Shaping the programme of work for the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)"
held in Bonn, Germany, November-December 2000
FPP report
   
 
UNFF 7: Seventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, New York, 16-27 April 2007: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/session.html
The UNFF fails indigenous peoples again
FPP analysis of the culmination of 7 years of UNFF sessions. The outcome is a damaging and regressive forest programme which fails to comply with international human rights or with best practice in environmental management.
May 2007
pdf
 
UNFF 6: Sixth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, New York, 13-24 February 2006: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/documents-unff.html#6
   
 
UNFF 5: Fifth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, New York, 16-27 May 2005: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/documents-unff.html#5
Live or let die?
Fern Special Report:
An evaluation of the fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
July 2005
link

Position Paper by FPP and FERN for UNFF 5

html
International Expert Meeting on the Implementation of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge (TFRK)
Results from this meeting were presented to UNFF 5:
Indigenous peoples' declaration and recommendations
December 2004
html
Reunión de Expertos sobre Conocimiento Tradicional Relacionado con los Bosques
Diciembre de 2004
html
Réunion des experts sur les connaissances traditionnelles dans le domaine des forêts
Décembre 2004
html

 
UNFF 4: Fourth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, Geneva, 3-14 May 2005: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/documents-unff.html#4
Briefing note
by the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests,
FERN and the Forest Peoples Programme
May 2004
html
Nota informativa
de la Alianza Mundial de los Pueblos Indígenas y Tribales de los Bosques Tropicales,
FERN y el Forest Peoples Programme
Mayo de 2004
html
Briefing
de l'Alliance internationale des peuples autochtones et tribaux des forêts tropicales,
FERN et Forest Peoples Programme
Mai 2004
html
Open letter from the indigenous representatives to the Vice-Chair of Working Group One regarding the Draft resolution on Social and Cultural Aspects of Forests
10 May 2004
html
   

 
UNFF 3: Third Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, Geneva, 26 May - 6 June 2005: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/documents-unff.html#3
   

 
UNFF 2: Second Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, New York, 4-15 March 2002: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/documents-unff.html#2
   

 
UNFF1: First Substantive Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
United Nations, New York, 11-22 June 2001: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/documents-unff.html#1
   
   

 

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