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Québec
City, Canada
Monday, September 22, 2003
SUMMARY
OF DISCUSSION
Opening
Remarks and Overview
The
special "high level" session of the Working Group
was hosted by Canada on the margins of the XII World Forestry
Congress in Québec City on September 22, 2003. The
proposed agenda and list of participants are
attached
as
Annexes A and B.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Natural
Resources Canada, Mr. George Anderson, who welcomed the meeting
participants to Québec City, to the Congress, and to
the Montréal Process Working Group meeting. He also
provided a brief background on the Montréal Process.
Next
on the agenda, the representative from the Uruguay Forest
Service, as the most recent past host of the Working Group
and the meeting where the Report text was finalized, formally
launched the Montréal Process First Forest Overview
Report 2003. The report was introduced and described
for the international community and decision makers who attended
the meeting. The presentation also touched on what the
Montréal Process Working Group is and what it has collectively
accomplished.
Next,
the chairman tabled the Québec City Declaration (as
agreed to prior to the meeting - Annex C) and invited each
country representative to make brief remarks, discussing progress
in criteria and indicators in the country and endorsing the
declaration. This was followed by brief statements from
a represenatative from each country on the progress they have
been making. Country representatives mentioned how they
have benefited from the Montréal Process Working Group,
how they are applying the criteria and indicators, that they
wish to continue working together, and endorsed the Québec
City Declaration.
Having
heard the country statements,
the chair then recognized the collective endorsement by the
country delegates. He noted that the Québec City Declaration
is testimony to the evening's discussion. He suggested
that the group retire to partake of the food and beverages available.
He later proposed a toast to the ongoing success of the Montréal
Process Working Group. This marks the close of the formal
portion of the meeting. After
an opportunity for discussion with other participants, the
Working Group reconvened to discuss next steps for the Montréal
Process Working Group.
The transition of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Convenor
role from U.S.A. to New Zealand was discussed. New Zealand
has agreed to take over the role until mid-2006. The
group also discussed a new task for the TAC; it is proposed
to be "to meet and review options and preparatory work
across the C&I processes with regard to what might be
involved in reviewing the Montréal Process framework
of C&I". This should be done in light of the
recent reporting process gone through, as well as other developments.
The TAC will meet in Argentina in May or June 2004
(following a follow-up meeting to CICI-2003, Guatemala).
The Working Group will meet again in Canada in September or
October of 2004, to review the work done by the TAC.
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Annex
A
15th
Meeting of the Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for
the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and
Boreal Forests
(Montréal
Process)
Québec
City, Canada
Monday, September 22, 2003
Program
Special
"high level" Session of the Montréal Process
Working Group
Québec
Hilton, Villeray Room
18:30
- 22:00
| 18:00 |
Meet/Greet
early arrivals |
Montréal
Process Liaison Officer |
| 18:30 |
Welcome
to participants |
Chair
(Canada) |
As
the host of the meeting, Canada (chair) will welcome
participants to Canada and to the meeting (15th Meeting
of the Montréal Process Working Group); the chair
will provide a little history of the Montréal
Process, the significance of criteria and indicators,
and of the meeting; he will then invite Uruguay to introduce
the First Forest Overview Report 2003). |
| 18:40 |
Formal
launch of Montréal Process First Forest Overview
Report 2003 |
Uruguay |
As
the most recent past host of the Working Group and the
meeting where the report was finalized, Uruguay will
formally launch the Montréal Process First Forest
Overview Report 2003; the Overview Report will be introduced
and described for the international community and decision
makers (meeting delegates); the Uruguayan delegate will
touch on what the Montréal Process Working Group
is and what we have collectively accomplished (i.e.,
better country forest reporting). |
| 18:50 |
Introduction
to country statements (of 7-8 minutes) |
Chair
(Canada) |
Chair
will table the Québec City Declaration (as agreed
to prior to the meeting) and invite each country representative
to make brief remarks, discussing progress in criteria
and indicators in the country and endorsing the declaration. |
| 18:55 |
Reaffirmation
of commitment to Montréal Process (country statements) |
Country
representatives |
Country
representatives will make their 7-8 minute statements,
mentioning how they have benefitted from the Montréal
Process, a few points about how they are applying the
criteria and indicators, how they wish to continue working
together, and endorsing the Québec City Declaration. |
| 20:06 |
Close
of formal session |
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Having
heard the country statements, the chair will recognize
the collective endorsement by the country delegates;
he will discuss the Québec City Declaration as
testimony to the evening's discussion; and he will propose
a toast to current and future success of the Montréal
Process Working Group. He will then invite all
participants to partake of the food and beverages available. |
| 20:15 |
Hand
out copies of First Forest Overview Report 2003, brochures,
retire to food/beverage |
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| 20:45 |
Discussion
of next steps, other questions (TAC Convenor, 16th meeting,
etc.) |
Chair
(Canada) |
Working
Group representatives discuss next steps for Montréal
Process Working Group. Chair encourages participants
to visit Montréal Process kiosk at exhibition
and attend side event on Wednesday (September 24). |
| 22:00 |
Close
of meeting |
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Annex
B
15th
Meeting of the Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for
the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and
Boreal Forests
(Montréal
Process)
Québec
City, Canada
Monday, September 22, 2003
List
of Participants
Special
"high level" Session of the
Montréal
Process Working Group
| Argentina |
Dr.
Tomás Schlichter |
Coordinador,
Programa de Ambito Nacional Forestal, Instituto Nacional
de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) |
| Australia |
Mr.
Mike Mcnamara |
General
Manager, Forest Industries Division, Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry - Australia |
| |
Mr.
Rod Keenan |
Program
Leader, BRS, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia |
| |
Mr.
Mike Bullen |
Acting
General Manager, Forest Policy & Programs, State Forests
of New South Wales |
| |
Mr.
Glen Kile |
Executive
Director, Australia's Forest & Wood Products Research
and Development Corporation |
| Canada |
Mr.
George Anderson |
Deputy
Minister, Natural Resources Canada |
| |
Mr.
Jacques Carette |
Director
General, Policy, Planning and International Affairs, Canadian
Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada |
| |
Mr.
Simon Bridge |
Criteria
and Indicators Policy Advisor, PPIA, CFS, NRCan |
| |
Mr.
John Hall |
Science
Advisor - Bioproducts and Water, Science Branch, CFS,
NRCan |
| Chile |
Mr.
Miguel Monterichard |
Chilean
consul in Québec |
| |
Ms
Marcela Ochoa |
CONAF
(Chilean Forest Service) |
| China |
Dr.
Zhang Shougong |
Professor
& Executive Vice President, Chinese Academy of Forestry |
| |
Mr.
Lu De |
Deputy
Division Director, International Forestry Cooperation
Center, State Forestry Administration |
| |
Dr.
Jiang Zeping |
Research
Professor & Division Head, Chinese Academy of Forestry |
| Japan |
Mr.
Naoto Maeda |
Deputy
Director-General, Forestry Agency of Japan |
| |
Mr.
Hisao Yamada |
Director,
Planning Division, Forestry Agency of Japan |
| |
Mr.
Yuji Imaizumi |
Assistant
Director, International Forestry Cooperation Office, Forestry
Agency of Japan |
| |
Ms
Rumiko Yamanouchi |
Section
Chief, International Forestry Cooperation Office, Forestry
Agency of Japan |
| |
Dr.
Toshiro Iehara |
Forest
and Forest Products Institute, Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries |
| Korea |
Mr.
Chun, Bom-kwon |
Director,
Korea Forest Service |
| |
Mr.
Ko, Ki-yeon |
Deputy-Director,
International Cooperation Division, Korea Forest Service |
| |
Mr.
Lee, Yong-Lock |
International
Cooperation Division, Korea Forest Service |
| Mexico |
Dr.
Hugo Ramirez |
General
Director of Forestry Research, National Institute of Forestry,
Agricultural and Animal Research (INIFAP) |
| |
Ms
Laura Lara |
Subdirector,
International Cooperation, Secretary of Environment &
Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) |
| |
Dr.
Alejandro Velazquez Martínez |
Director,
Natural Resources Institute |
| New
Zealand |
Mr.
David Rhodes |
Senior
Analyst, International Policy, Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry |
| |
Mr.
Tim Barnard |
Environmental
Planner, NZ Forest Research |
| |
Mr.
Alan Reid |
Senior
Policy Analyst, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| Russia |
Mr.
Nefed'ev |
Forest
Service of the Ministry of Natural Resources |
| |
Mr.
Doroshin |
Forest
Service of the Ministry of Natural Resources |
| |
Dr.
Natalia Malysheva |
Head
of Department, All Russian Research Institute of Silviculture
and Forest Mechanization |
| USA |
Mr.
Dale Bosworth |
Chief
of the Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) |
| |
Ms
Sally Collins |
Associate
Chief, US Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) |
| |
Ms
Stephanie Caswell |
Deputy
Director, Department of State |
| |
Mr.
Albert Abee |
National
Coordinator Sustainable Development, USDA Forest Service
(Department of Agriculture) |
| Uruguay |
Mr.
Atilio Ligrone |
Director,
Forest Direction, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and
Fisheries |
| |
Mr.
Francisco Porcile |
Agricultural
Engineer, Director of Forest Management and Protection
Department, Forest Direction, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture
and Fisheries |
| Liaison
Office |
Ms
Kathryn Buchanan |
Forestry
Criteria and Indicators, Federal/Provincial Relations,
Policy, Planning and International Affairs, Canadian Forest
Service, Natural Resources Canada |
| |
Mr.
Robert Hendricks |
TAC
Convenor (outgoing), Senior Policy Analyst, USDA Forest
Service |
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Annex
C
15th
Meeting of the Working Group on Criteria and Indicators
for the Conservation
and Sustainable Management of
Temperate and Boreal Forests
(Montréal
Process)
Québec
City, Canada
Monday, September 22, 2003
Québec
City Declaration
Criteria
and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management
of Temperate and Boreal Forests
Montréal
Process
We,
the Member countries of the Montréal Process Working
Group, the Governments of Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile,
China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea,
the Russian Federation, the United States of America, and
Uruguay,
Reaffirming
the important contribution of forests and
their
sustainable management to sustainable development;
Also
reaffirming
the important contribution of criteria
and
indicators to improving forest monitoring, assessment and
reporting, as well as policies and practices to achieve sustainable
forest management in member countries;
Recalling
the Santiago Declaration of 3 February 1995,
by which countries endorsed a comprehensive set of Criteria
and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management
of Temperate and Boreal Forests;
Recognizing
the widespread interest among countries in
implementing
criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
and the applicability of lessons learned in the Montréal
Process to other criteria and indicators processes;
Encouraged
by the contributions of member countries
to
the collaboratively produced Montréal Process First
Approximation Report (1997), and Progress and Innovation
in Implementing Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation
and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests
(2000);
Also
encouraged
by the release by Member countries of
their
first Country Forest Reports using the Montréal Process
set of 7 criteria and 67 indicators to convey to policy makers
and the public the state of and trends in forests at the national
level based on contemporary scientific understanding of forest
ecosystems and their values to society, as well as the release
of the collaborative Montréal Process First Forest
Overview Report: 2003, which highlights the information
and progress reflected in the country reports;
Pleased
that despite the challenges of data collection
and
indicator measurement, member countries will continue to strive
to improve their ability to monitor, assess and report on
forests using the criteria and indicators in the next five
years;
Also
pleased
that countries are increasingly using the
criteria
and indicators as a framework for strategic planning, forest
inventory, stakeholder involvement and communicating progress
to policy makers, and as a model for monitoring, assessment
and reporting on other natural resources, such as rangelands
and freshwater;
Affirming
the value of the Montréal Process Working
Group
as a forum for international collaboration, including catalyzing
national efforts, promoting a shared view of sustainable forest
management and how to measure it, and fostering bilateral
and regional partnership and cooperation among Members to
build capacity; and
Believing
the
seven criteria endorsed by the Montréal
Process
represent the essential components of sustainable forest management
of all types of forests;
Decide
to:
Reaffirm
our commitment to implementing the Montréal Process Criteria
and Indicators as an important means of national monitoring,
assessing and reporting.
Continue
our active engagement and collaboration in the Montréal
Process Working Group.
Endorse
the actions annexed hereto as the means to further increase
Member country capacity to report on forests using criteria
and indicators and better inform policy-makers and other
stakeholders on national progress toward sustainable forest
management.
Request
the Government of Canada on our behalf to present this Declaration
to the XII World Forestry Congress now convening in Québec
City and the fourth session of the United Nations Forum
on Forests in Geneva, May 2004.
Québec
City, Canada
22
September 2003
ANNEX
Vision for the Montréal
Process: 2003-2008
The
focus of the Montréal Process Working Group and its Member
countries over the next five years will be to further increase
country capacity to report using criteria and indicators and
to better inform policy makers on national progress toward
sustainable forest management. The following actions will
be pursued to this end:
- Review,
refine and share data inventory protocols
to build capacity for reporting;
- Develop extension materials
on national and sub-national applications of criteria and
indicators;
- Enhance technical collaboration
among member countries;
- Review and as needed refine the Montréal
Process indicators;
- Make the achievements of the Montréal
Process more visible and easily
available at all levels;
- Develop strategies to help countries mobilize
resources to collect needed data;
- Continue to urge broad participation of
relevant stakeholders within countries;
- Encourage universities and other educational
institutions to incorporate the latest information
on sustainable forest management and criteria and indicators;
- Encourage national and international institutions
to carry out research on indicators
difficult to measure;
- Increase communication, collaboration and
cooperation with other criteria and indicators
processes;
- Use criteria and indicators as the basis
for national reporting on sustainable
forest management to international fora, including the UN
Forum on Forests (UNFF);
- Seek international endorsement of a global
set of criteria to provide a framework for
existing regional and international criteria and indicator
processes;
- Promote application of forest criteria
and indicators to other sectors
and to international initiatives on indicators for sustainable
development; and
- Encourage other countries to become
members of the Montréal Process Working
Group.
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