Samuel MAKON, the Facilitator Delegate, will represent the CBFP throughout the conference.

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The Global Forest Leaders' Forum on Forest and Climate Change will bring together about 150 CEOs of forest industrial companies, heads of leading conservation agencies and local community organizations, leaders of indigenous people groups, representatives of financing institutions and private foundations to review forest sector strategy options for addressing climate change through multi-stakeholder approaches.

The Forum will develop and adopt a common vision for the positive role sustainable forest management will hold in addressing climate. It will make special reference to the role of forests  in making a decisive contribution to poverty alleviation and the creation of sustainable livelihoods for low income forest-dependent communities.

The Forum is co-organized by the World Bank and the Forests Dialogue, a network of active private sector and civil society leaders united in seeking solutions for challenges facing global forests. It is co-sponsored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the World Resources Institute, and Yale University, and has received financial and other support from various funds and groups.

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