IUFRO informs about forthcoming first CPF global assessment report on the adaptation of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change 5 December 2008 (Friday) 13:00-15:00 White-tailed Eagle Room, Poznań International Fair On 5 December 2008, during the side event of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), Alexander Buck from IUFRO will report on the progress of the first CPF global assessment report on the adaptation of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change. The peer-reviewed report will be launched at UNFF 8 in April 2009. It has been prepared by the first CPF Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP), which is led and coordinated by IUFRO. The Panel has gathered input from about 100 renowned scientists from a broad range of disciplines. This will be the most comprehensive assessment to date of existing scientific knowledge about forest adaptation. It will provide decision makers with an objective source of science-based information on the ecological, social and economic impacts of climate change on forests and people, and present forest management and policy options for adaptation. The web-cast presentation will be available on demand from the UNFCCC website at http://copportal1.man.poznan.pl/ For more information on GFEP and the Assessment Report, please visit: http://www.iufro.org/science/science-initiative/adaptation-panel/ Contact: Alexander Buck, IUFRO Headquarters Buck(at)iufro.org