Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF)

5 December, 2010 - 16:15 - 17:45
Location
Address: 
Isla Mujeres, Cancun Center, Conventions and Exhibitions Boulevard Kukulcan KM. 9 1er Piso Zona Hotelera
Country: 
Mexico

Host - FAO

Forest Day 4 - Learning event

Forest stakeholders are keeping a close eye on the ongoing negotiations in UNFCCC on REDD+, recognising that the outcome could have significant impacts on forests in developing countries. They have paid less attention to the negotiations on land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). Any LULUCF decisions could have significant implications for management of forests and forest products in developed countries.

The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex 1 Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) is currently discussing changes in accounting rules for LULUCF for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Proposed changes relate to setting of national reference levels for carbon accounting for forest management interventions; the cap, or amount of offsets that would be permitted from forest management; and accounting for carbon stored in harvested wood products (HWPs).

Some questions have been raised by civil society as to the contribution of the proposed changes to climate change mitigation, but only relatively recently have forest stakeholders considered the possible implications on management of temperate and boreal forests and on forests products. It is becoming apparent that there is a diversity of views as to just what the impacts might be.

This learning event will explore the issues and possible implications of LULUCF decisions on management of temperate and tropical forests and their forest products. The speakers will approach the issues from various perspectives, including those of forest managers, forest industry, non-governmental organisations and the forest research community.

Key questions

  1. Would the proposed LULUCF accounting rules promote sustainable forest management or will they make it more difficult in the future?
  2. Should the future climate regime include accounting for harvested wood products? Would their inclusion affect global wood product markets and competitiveness of the forestry sector?
  3. What are the pros and cons of mandatory accounting for forest management by Annex 1 countries in a post-2012 climate change agreement?

Welcome:

  • Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Chair

  • Martí Boadai Juncà, Autonomous University of Barcelona 

Keynote address

  • Peter Iversen, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Denmark, Cofacilitator of LULUCF contact 
  • group AWG-KP

Panellists

  • LennartAckzell, Swedish Federation of Family Forest Owners
  • Lisa Marty, Deputy CEO, Victorian Association of Forest Industries, Australia 
  • Peg Putt, ex-Member of Parliament, Tasmania, Australia; International Forests and Climate Campaign,The Wilderness Society
  • Giocomo Grassi, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Cohost contacts
FAO, Susan Braatz, Susan.Braatz [at] fao.org

Topic: 
UNFCCC
Attachments: 
application/pdf iconLULUCF_FD4_event.pdf