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UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe —————————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————— Reporting on the pan-European Qualitative Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management and National Implementation of Commitments of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe COUNTRY: Date of submission: ../../2010 National correspondent: Name: Organisation: Address: Phone/Fax: E-mail: Other professionals involved in the reporting process: Name: Organisation: E-mail: Name: Organisation: E-mail: Name: Organisation: E-mail: Deadline for submission: 14 May 2010 Abbreviations CBD Convention on Biological Diversity EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FRA Forest Resources Assessment FTE Full Time Equivalent ha Hectares MCPFE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (abbreviation replaced by brand name FOREST EUROPE, November 2009) Nfp National Forest Programme NGO Non-governmental organization SFM Sustainable Forest Management UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests Introduction In preparation for the sixth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, planned to be held in Norway in June 2011, FOREST EUROPE correspondents are asked to provide information to assess progress made since the reporting for the fifth Ministerial Conference in Warsaw, Poland 2007. This enquiry intends to enable signatory countries and the European Union to provide information on progress made towards sustainable forest management and implementation of commitments in the period 2007-2011. Countries which did not report for the fifth Ministerial Conference in 2007 may consider reporting also