FME 2002

In 2002, FME was held in April in Talinn, Estonia. As well as seeing FSC certification in Estonia first hand, participants discussed the following issues:

• The pulp and paper industry
• The Russian timber trade
• Illegal logging and illegal trade
• How to reduce paper consumption
• Forest certification (FSC)
• CBD Conference of the Parties six
• World Bank Forest Policy
• Forests and human rights abuses
• EC aid and forests
• Climate change and forests
• Export Credit Agencies, their effects on forests and how to improve them