International Conference on the Major Forest Basins
08h45: Registration - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European, Ministerial Conference Center,
27 rue de la Convention, Paris 15th arrondissement
10h00: Opening address by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy (Plenary Hall)
10h35: Welcome remarks by the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Bernard Kouchner
10h40: Introduction of the working sessions by the Minister of ecology, energy, sustainable development and the sea, in charge of green technologies and climate negotiations, Jean-Louis Borloo
10.45: First session – Announcements for fast start funding and early action for forests
Co-chaired by Minister Jean-Louis Borloo and the Minister of Environment of Brazil, Carlos Minc, and
introduced by the Federal Minister for Climate and Energy of Belgium, Paul Magnette
Objective: to strengthening and, where possible, to enhance the fast start funding announcements made in Copenhagen for forests and climate (communiqué of 6 countries committing jointly $3.5 billion of fast start funding for forests over the period 2010-2012) and also announcements of national action on REDD+ by developing countries
11:45: Second session - Coordination of fast start funding and early action for forests
Co-chaired by Minister Jean-Louis Borloo and President of the National Council of Climate Change in
Indonesia, Rachmat Witoelar, and introduced by the Minister for the Environment and International
Development of Norway, Erik Solheim
Objective: to agree on the need for effective coordination of fast start funding and early actions; to create a lighttouch "secretariat" to ensure transparency and analysis of fast start funding and actions on REDD +; and to agree on a code of conduct.
13:00: Lunch
Over lunch two presentations will be delivered on forest management planning by the consulting firm FRM and on forests remote sensing by SPOT Image.
14h30: Third session - Towards the long-term international REDD+ mechanism
Co-chaired by Minister Jean-Louis Borloo and the Minister of Environment and Tourism of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, Jose Endundo Bononge and introduced by Ambassador Kevin Conrad, special envoy for the environment and change Climate of Papua New Guinea
Objective: Building on progress made within the UN framework, to prepare for the long term REDD+. To let Ministers’ views converge on principles, including governance, that should frame the mechanism for the longer term.
17:30: Closing Remarks by Minister Jean-Louis Borloo
