9-10 June 2009, Brussels, Belgium

Organiser: TFD, GFP, CEPF

This initial meeting, a part of of The Forest Dialogue (TFD) and the Growing Forest Partnership (GFP) initiative will explore the connection between the “global north” and “the global south”. It will concentrate on the locally controlled forestry practiced by community groups, forest-dependent people and small scale -holders.

TFD and GFP will convene a scoping dialogue to identify the key challenges and opportunities for improving investment streams to locally-controlled forestry. CEPF will host the meeting on June 9-10 2009 in Brussels. The meeting will review the concept and establish a set of key issues and obstacles for investments into locally controlled forestry.

The scoping dialogue is proposed in order to to better understand:
- the challenges and opportunities faced by locally controlled forestry in the global north and south;
- factors behind successful forestry interventions that need to be integrated into investment initiatives;
- the actual and potential north-south connections;
- the possible ways forward for an efficient and effective TFD dialogue stream on these issues. 

• Background document
• Agenda
• For more information about The Forests Dialogue please see the website