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The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) or Rio+20

aims - to secure renewed political commitment to sustainable

development, to see how much progress has been made towardsagreed goals; and look at the new and emerging challenges. The

conference will be focusing on two specic themes: poverty

eradication and sustainable development - in the context of a green

economy and institutional framework for sustainable development.

 

Nepal is leading on community-based forest management and

witnessing substantial post-conict political, institutional, economic

and social transformations. The forestry sector is facing a number of 

unfolding challenges and opportunities resulting from changes

within and outside the sector particularly due to green economy,

climate change, carbon business and payments for environmental

services.

 

The forestry sector’s goal is to ensure that the Rio+20 outcomes

and decisions rmly reect the sustainable forest management

agenda, and it includes a framework for action on forestry and

green enterprises together with related mandates for forestry

sector, including inclusive economic growth through REDD+

payment mechanisms, climate change adaptation and

mitigation to signicantly increase the forestry sector'scontribution in the national economy.

In order to continue information sharing and seek inputs from

international communities, the MFSC, Nepal is organizing a

side-event on Sunday 17 June 2012 from 09:30 to 11:00 at

Room T-9, RioCentro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Background to the event

Mr. Ram Prasad LamsalEmail: rplamsal1@yahoo.com Phone: +977 985101 9316 Mr. Basanta Raj GautamEmail: basanta.gautam@arbonaut.com Phone: +358 44344 1602 

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