National Roundtable on Sustainable Forests (RSF) Meeting

Please hold October 14 and 15, 2009 for the next National Roundtable on Sustainable Forests (RSF) Meeting which will be in Washington, DC. The primary purpose of the Meeting is to discuss, shape, and make plans for implementing a stakeholder Sustainable Forests Action Strategy, a document which is currently being developed by a diverse group of RSF participants as a companion document to the draft 2010 National Report on Sustainable Forests. It is hoped that the Action Strategy will help the forest community move beyond just examining significant changes in forest conditions between the 2003 and draft 2010 National Reports on Sustainable Forests, to an open national dialogue among stakeholders with diverse interests to develop priority actions to be taken in the next two years to improve the conservation and sustainable management of the nation’s forests. The National RSF meeting will be a critical opportunity to broaden stakeholder support and momentum to take action on some of the key forest challenges in the United States. Other agenda topics will include progress on developing the Regional Indicator Initiative, other efforts to accomplish the objectives of the RSF Work Plan, and the potential role of the RSF in preparation for the International Year of Forests in 2011. 

Details on location and an agenda will be sent out as they are available.

The draft Action Strategy will become available for additional stakeholder input in early August. To help build stakeholder awareness and support of the Action Strategy leading up to the October National RSF Meeting, the RSF Communications Outreach Work Group will be contacting you and other forest stakeholders to talk about ways in which you may participate in shaping and potentially playing a role in implementing the Action Strategy. Please stay tuned.

We hope you will be able to join us at the October National RSF Meeting. 

Best regards,
Meridian Institute

Sarah Walen, Senior Mediator
Shawn Walker, Support Coordinator
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Project Coordinator | Meridian Institute
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