Global demand for wood, including industrial roundwood, paper and fuelwood, continues to grow and is expected to do so for the foreseeable future.

In 2000, while plantations accounted for 5 of global forest, it is estimated that they supplied about 35 of the world's roundwood.

In his statement, Mr. Bryant called for the Council to lift the prohibitions on the import of diamonds, round logs and timber products from Liberia in the light of the need to revive the country's economy and create jobs for ex combatants.

Nothing in this Agreement authorizes the use of measures to restrict or ban international trade in, and in particular as they concern imports of, and utilization of, timber and timber products.

Timber

Their job is to cut up the wood.

Subprogramme 7 Timber

Wood. The burning of wood in private stoves represents the oldest and still the most common form of biomass use.

Increasingly, wood is used in pellet heating systems (using pellets made from dried natural wood chippings).

Its economy is dominated by the timber industry.

(d) Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

Role of ex combatants in pit sawing

(a) The needs of members for assistance in achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

In contrast to industrial logging, pit sawing (processing logs using chainsaws) is increasing as the domestic market grows.

(e) Information supplied by members on their progress towards the establishment of control and information mechanisms regarding illegal harvesting and related trade in imports of tropical timber and non timber products.

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Round table 3

Round table 1 Eradication of poverty and hunger

Round table 2 Health

Round table 3 Global partnerships and financing of the Millennium Development Goals

Round table 4 Building state capacity to meet the Millennium Development Goals human rights, governance, institutions and human resources

Round table 5 Education and literacy

Round table 6 Gender equality and the empowerment of women

Round table 7 Environmental sustainability

Round table 8 National strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Round tables

Most timber now comes from plantation forests in North America which are managed to produce faster growing timber with fewer knots.

Interactive round table sessions

Interactive round table session

Interactive round table sessions

(a) The needs of members for assistance in achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

Most of the early Norman castles were built from timber, but by the end of the 11th century a few, including the Tower of London, had been renovated or replaced with stone.

urge FAO to expand and enhance capacity building activities in developing countries and countries with economies in transition to improve implementation of sustainable forest management on the ground,

1alt. Tropical timber means tropical wood for industrial uses, which grows or is produced in the countries situated between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

(c) Summaries of the deliberations of the four round table sessions will be presented orally by the chairpersons of the round table sessions during the concluding plenary meeting of the High level Dialogue

1alt. Tropical timber means non coniferous tropical wood for industrial uses, which grows or is produced in the countries situated between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

Despite the bans on logging and pit sawing, FDA has registered four sawmills, two of which have permits to harvest timber (see table 4).

The proceedings of the round table are to be published in 2005.

The proceedings of the round table will be published in 2005.

The proceedings of the round table will be published in 2005.

The chairman of the round table made concluding remarks.

Oral presentations of the summaries of the four round tables

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(iii) Summaries of the deliberations of the four round table sessions would be presented orally by the chairpersons of the round table sessions during the concluding plenary meeting of the High level Dialogue