FOREST FORUM
June 1st, 2001
KEITH NUTHALLTHE FIRST session of the United Nations' Forum on Forests has begun work at UN headquarters in New York, with a brief to identify a five-year agenda of discussions and develop the means of implementing any international agreements on forests that might be struck by the forum in future.Diplomats are also due to consider what forest-related proposals should be made to next year's review of the Rio environmental agreement, at the United Nations Earth Summit, in South Africa.The session is due to wind up on June 22 and will include members of the ...
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