The Government of Indonesia, in collaboration with the Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) will host the Ninth Meeting of the AFP and AFP Dialogue 2010 “ Forest Governance Challenges Beyond Copenhagen: An Asia-Pacific Perspective.” The AFP Dialogue 2010 builds on the 2009 AFP Dialogue “REDD and Illegal Logging” by exploring the links between REDD+ and governance. Governance is crucial to REDD+ to ensure long-term, real emissions reductions and equitable outcomes, while many hope that REDD+ will provide new opportunities to strengthen forest governance.

The Dialogue will give an opportunity for stakeholders to examine the questions and objectives outlined above, to share information, to establish partnerships and to propose recommendations to policy makers. It will include keynote presentations, interactive discussions and breakout sessions to enable community, corporate and government participants to present their views and to contribute to viable solutions. This meeting will also provide input to international processes on REDD and illegal logging including  UNFCCC, UNFF and other relevant bodies.

In this regard, I am writing to invite you to attend the Ninth Meeting of the Asia Forest partnership and The Asia Forest Partnership Dialogue: “Forest Governance Challenges Beyond Copenhagen: An Asia-Pacific Perspective” to be held on 4-6 August 2010 (4 August is for Steering Committee meeting and partners’ forum), at Hotel Ayodya, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.

Information about AFP and the event could be accessed at: http://www.asiaforests.org/

We look forward to seeing your participation and contribution in the AFP Dialogue, to promote sustainable forest management in Asia-Pacific.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Efransjah
AFP Secretariat Coordinator