At the fifth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe in November 2007 in Warsaw, it was proposed to examine the potential of a legally binding agreement on forests in the pan-European region. The MCPFE Expert Level Meeting, comprising 46 European states and the European Community, set out the Terms of Reference for a respective Working Group in order to prepare technical background for future considerations and decisions on this issue at political level. During 2008 and 2009 four meetings of the working group have been conducted in Athens, November 2008, Oslo, May 2009, Rome, September 2009 and Brussels, October 2009.
Final Report MCPFE WG on LBA, main findings and recommendationsAnnexes 1-13 to the final report:
- Annex 1: Terms of Reference, MCPFE WG on LBA
- Annex 2: Roadmap, MCPFE WG on LBA
- Annex 3: List of participants and minutes from four meetings (see below)
- Annex 4: Overview on existing international and multilateral agreements
- Annex 5: Forms, structures and prototypes of international and multilateral agreements from a juridical point of view
- Annex 6: Developing options for a LBA on forests in Europe
- Annex 7: Framework for analysing added value and pros and cons of a LBA on forests in Europe
- Annex 8: Developing recommended content elements of a LBA on forests in Europe
- Annex 9: Possible scenarios of a process for establishing a potential LBA on forests in Europe
- Annex 10: Institutional aspects of possible scenarios of a process for establishing a potential LBA_Description of possible
negotiation process
- Annex 11: General costs assessment of a potential LBA on forests in Europe
- Annex 12: Assessment of possible relations or implications of LBA Content Options 2 and 3 on selected international forest related agreements and on the EU (EC) competence
- Annex 13: Compilation on added value of and concerns for an LBA as well as on pros and cons of LBA Content Options
Below you will find all documents from all four meetings of the Working Group on a possible LBA in the pan-European region:
4th WG in Brussels, Belgium, 7 October 2009:
