UNFF-4 HIGHLIGHTS, Geneva, Switzerland, 3- 14 May 2004
Tuesday, 11 May
Delegates convened in Plenary to hear country experiences from small island developing states (SIDS). In the afternoon, delegates met in parallel working groups to negotiate Vice-Chair's draft text on the process for reviewing the effectiveness of the international arrangement on forests (REIAF), and on the ad hoc expert group on finance and transfer of environmentally sound technologies (AHEG FINTEST).
Above photo (left to right): SIDS plenary panelists Eugene Hendrik; Rolph Payet; Rafael F. de Moya Pons; Moderator Joanne DiSano; UNFF Coordinator Pekka Patosaari; Chair Yuriy Isakov; Secretary Moncef Khane; Mette L. Wilkie; Simione Rokolaqa; Graham Watkins.
UNFF-4 participants heard 6 presentations during this morning's plenary.
Rolph Payet described ecotourism in the Seychelles.
PLENARY
SIDS Day: National experiences in Small Island Developing States
Listen to:
- Moderator Joanne Disano's Introduction
- Mette Loyche Wilkie, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO.
- Graham Watkins, Acting Director General, Iwokrama Project, Guyana.
- Rafael Francisco de Moya Pons, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic.
- Rolph Payet, Agriculture Adviser, NEPAD.
- Eugene Hendrik, Director, National Council for Forest Research and Development, Minister of Agriculture, Ireland.
- Simione Rokolaqa, Permanent mission of Fiji to the United Nations in New York.
