Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Forests for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

Meeting Announcement: Nov. 10, 2001

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Related Links: Oct 10 Meeting Announcement Oct 10 Meeting Summary Next Meeting: Nov. 9th, at USDA

The next WSSD-Open Briefing and Consultation Meeting on Forests will be Wednesday, October 10th (rescheduled from September 27), from 1:00-3:00PM in Room 104A, Jamie Whitten Federal Building at 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW in Washington DC. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is hosting the meeting to assist State Department, which has the lead for Summit preparations for the US Government. This meeting is to prepare for discussions on forest at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), including, as discussed at the last meeting, the development of a U.S. Forest Sector Report for the Summit. Similar to the format of two previous meetings, the first hour will be an open meeting involving representatives from federal agencies as well as private sector, including non-government organizations. The second hour will be for representatives from federal agencies only.

Please feel free to forward this message to any interested colleagues. If you have any questions concerning the logistics of this meeting, please feel free to contact Jennie O'Connor, USDA-Forest Service (jmoconnor@fs.fed.us) or Adela Backiel, USDA Director of Sustainable Development (adela.backiel@usda.gov). If you have any questions concerning the agenda for this meeting, please contact Jan McAlpine (McAlpineJL@state.gov) or Candy Green (GreenCX2@state.gov) at the State Department. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting next week.

Background Websites:
United Nations: www.johannesburgsummit.org (Background on WSSD)
www.un.org/esa/sustdev (Background on Rio Earth Summit (1992) and sustainable development issues)
US Citizens Network: www.citnet.org/worldsummit

Please RSVP Jennie O'Connor, jmoconnor@fs.fed.us, 202-205-0805.