Dialogue on Intensively Managed Planted Forests in China

The Forests Dialogue (TFD) will convene a dialogue with associated site visits in
Southern Guangxi Province, China in April 2006 to discuss and explore the issue of
intensively managed planted forests (IMPFs). This will be the first of a series of
dialogues and field visits by this working group. This group of experts has come
together to learn from each other and try to reach agreement on the conditions
under which IMPFs could deliver an optimal and equitable mix of economic, social
and environmental benefits both locally and globally. The group will do this through
dialogue and field visits to key IMPF regions around the world. The China field visit
aims to provide a reality check on the working group’s knowledge of IMPFs and, in
addition, contribute to ongoing national policy discussions on how the role of IMPFs
in meeting China’s future fibre demands. Therefore, one of the key priorities of this
dialogue will be to involve key Chinese officials in this ongoing international process.