Ministerial Conference on the

Protection of Forests in Europe Ivonne Higuero

UNECE

16th session of Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

16-17 April 2015, Istanbul, Turkey

Criteria and Indicators Processes in the UNECE Region

FOREST EUROPEMinisterial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe

Ministerial Conferences

1990 2000 2005 2010

FRA1990FRA 2000TBFRA 2000 FRA 2005 FRA 2010 FRA 2015

2015

Madrid 201?

Lisbon 1998

Helsinki 1993

Strasbourg1990

Vienna 2003

Warsaw 2007

Oslo 2011

Madrid 2015

7th Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe• 20 – 21 October 2015, Madrid• Launch of the State of Europe’s Forests 2015• Currently drafting the decisions for the

Ministers to attend the Ministerial Conference• Priorities continue to be achieving the 2020

vision on forests, green economy (green jobs), updating of the forest indicators, protective functions of forests, and the future of the Forest Europe process

ivonne.higuero@unece.org

Thank you!