Fifth Ministerial Conference - Warsaw 2007

The Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe was held on 5 – 7 November 2007, in Warsaw, Poland. The Conference theme: “Forests for Quality of Life” highlighted of contemporary challenges and decisions to assure that Europe’s forests continue to be managed sustainably and provide benefits to the best of their potential. The Ministerial Declaration and two Warsaw Resolutions embraced requirements for political response and decisions on the issues of promotion of wood as a renewable energy carrier and the role of forests in water protection in the context of climate change.

The following documents were signed during the Conference by high level representatives of 38 European Countries and the European Community, and 2 more countries that signed these documents after the Conference.   

• Warsaw Declaration
• Warsaw Resolution 1: Forests, Wood and Energy
• Warsaw Resolution 2: Forests and Water

Two Ministerial Statements were adopted by acclamation:

• Ministerial Statement on Pan-European Forest Week 2008
• Ministerial Statement on Forest Fires

Translation:

The following translations of the documents have been provided by the respective countries.

• French
• German
• Polish

Other relevant documents:

Two Reports on occasion of the Warsaw Conference were elaborated in order to provide policy and decision makers with up-to-date data on the accomplishment of goals of sustainable forest management (SFM) at a national and regional level.

• State of Europe’s Forests 2007
  The MCPFE Report on Sustainable Forest Management in Europe
  Summaries available at: English, French, Polish, Russian
• Implementation of MCPFE Commitments
  National and Pan-European Activities 2003 - 2007
  he following documents have been adopted by high level representatives of 40 European Countries and the European Community.