UN OFFICIALS STRESS TWIN GOALS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

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<SPAN CLASS=TEXT-SUCCESS>FORESTS:</SPAN> UN OFFICIALS STRESS TWIN
GOALS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
New York, Apr 8 2013 4:00PM
The vital role of forests in global development and people's lives as
well as protecting these resources for future generations are at the
heart of discussions at the Forum on Forests, senior officials said
today, as the United Nations body began its current session.

"The tenth session of the Forum is a timely opportunity to
re-emphasize the critical role of forests in global development,"
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo told
a news conference on the opening day of the two-week meeting in
Istanbul, Turkey.

"This is especially important given the ongoing deliberations on
defining a post-2015 United Nations development agenda with
sustainable development at its core," he added.

Discussions are under way at the international level on a global
development agenda beyond 2015, the deadline for achieving the
anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

At the same time, Member States are discussing the creation of a set
of sustainable development goals (SDGs), as agreed at the UN
Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held last year in
Brazil.

The current session of the UN Forum on Forests
(<"http://www.un.org/esa/forests/index.html">UNFF10) will examine
these issues, in addition to its main focus – forests and economic
development.

"This is a crucial policy area for forests," said Mr. Wu, adding that
it has "far-reaching implications for global sustainable development."
The formal forestry sector's contribution to global gross domestic
product (GDP) is estimated to be nearly $468 billion annually.

"But this value of the forests cannot be measured in GDP only. Forests
also provide critical ecosystem services," he stated, noting that
three-quarters of the freshwater used for household, agriculture and
industry is provided by forested catchment areas.

Forests also play a vital role in the fight against climate change,
Turkey's Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs, Veysel Eroglu,
underscored at the briefing.

"They are very important in the fight against climate change because
carbon dioxide gases are absorbed by forests and forests are producing
oxygen. Therefore, they are like the lungs of the world. We have to
protect our forests. We have to take care of them," he stated.

Mr. Wu added that over the next two weeks, as government delegations
and distinguished experts from around the world discuss needed
policies to support the contribution of forests to economic growth,
social enhancement and environmental sustainability, a key issue will
be adequate and sustained financing – another item on the Forum's
agenda.

Set up by the UN Economic and Social Council in 2000, the Forum meets
every two years. Its current session, which is being held away from UN
Headquarters for the first time, will consider a range of measures to
improve sustainable forest management.

Jan McAlpine, Director of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, told
reporters that discussions on forests often focus on a single
attribute or function such as their environmental ecosystem services.

"This is not to say that those are not important; they're critical,"
she stated. "However, the relationship between people and forests and
trees is inseparable. We cannot exist without trees and forests."

According to Ms. McAlpine, the biggest challenge is how to maintain a
balance between the sustainable use of trees for the lives and
livelihoods of people who live in and around forests while protecting
those resources for future generations.

"This is not an easy solution," she stressed.
Apr 8 2013 4:00PM
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