Grants and Contributions:

At the May 2015 session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), countries will make a decision on the future of the International Arrangement on Forests based on a range of options, including whether to make improvements to the existing arrangement and negotiation of a global legally-binding agreement on forests. At China's request, Canada agreed to co-sponsor a Country-led Initiative (CLI), which is a meeting led by countries under the UNFF, in Beijing on October 29-November 1, 2014, with the CLI results to help inform the global negotiations. Funding is being provided to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to undertake technical and administrative activities in support of the meeting.