INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEWMO

NAT IONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES PROGRAMMEUNEP

IPCC NGGIP-LULUCF Programme
Fourth Authors/Experts Meeting on Good Practice Guidance
for Land Use, Land-Use Change And Forestry (Task 1)
andThird Authors/Experts Meeting on the issue of “Degradation ofForests and Devegetation of Other Vegetation Types” (Task 2)

Meeting Report
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1 – 3 April 2003

Supporting material prepared for consideration by the Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change. This supporting material has not been subject to formal
IPCC review and approval process.

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Acknowledgements
Riitta Pipatti, Leandro Buendia, Kiyoto Tanabe, Todd Ngara, Kyoko Miwa, Fabian Wagner,
and Akiko Kawase, of the Technical Support Unit for the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories Programme, prepared this report. In preparing this report, consultations were madewith Co-Chairs of the Task Force Bureau on Inventories of the IPCC: Taka Hiraishi and
Thelma Krug, and with the members of the LULUCF Steering Group: Michael Gytarsky, Dina
Kruger, and Jim Penman. We are also grateful for the contributions from all Coordinating Lead
Authors, Lead Authors, Review Editors, and other participants.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Summary...................................................................................................................................... 3
Background and Objectives ......................................................................................................... 4
Organisation of the Meeting ......................................................................................................... 5
Issues Highlighted by Comments and the Decision Taken by Authors Based on Discussions in
Plenary Sessions and Breakout Group Sessions........................................................................... 6
Conclusions and General Issues Discussed at the Last Plenary ................................................. 10
Attachment A.............................................................................................................................. 12

SUMMARY
The First Government/Expert review of the draft IPCC report on Good PracticeGuidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (Task 1) and the draft
IPCC report on the issue of “Degradation of Forests and Devegetation of Other
Vegetation Types” (Task 2) was held for the period between 2 December 2002
and 27 January 2003. The draft reports received more than 6,000 comments.
Authors and experts of two reports met at the Fourth Authors/Experts Meeting on
Task 1 and the Third Authors/Experts Meeting on Task 2, held on 1-3 April 2003,
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to consider, discuss, and reflect on the comments
received from the first governments/experts review in drafting the second-orderdrafts.
Task1 and Task 2 authors agreed on a time schedule for further drafting andfinalising the second order drafts, which are subject to the second
government/expert review between 2 May and 27 June 2003.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
1. IPCC XVIII, in September 2001, in Wembley, UK, endorsed the Land Use, Land-Use
Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) Programme of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Programme (NGGIP) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which
responds to the invitations to the IPCC laid out in the Marrakesh Accords (Decision
11/CP.7, paragraphs 3(a) to (d)). IPCC XVIII also accepted the Terms of Reference (TOR),
the Table of Contents (TOC), and the Work Plan for the development of Good PracticeGuidance for LULUCF. This activity is also known as Task 1 of the NGGIP LULUCF
Programme and responds to the invitation contained in paragraphs 3 (a) and (b) in thedecision 11/CP.7.
2. The First Authors/Experts Meeting for Task 1 was held on 12-14 March 2002, in Eisenach,
Germany. The Eisenach meeting accomplished substantive work on Chapters 2 to 5 with anaccelerated handling of Chapter 2 (Basis for Consistent Representation of Land Areas) to
produce an initial draft. The authors discussed the initial draft outline of each chapter of thereport, paying special attention to consistency and harmonisation requirements. The
availability of scientific and other relevant materials was also explored.
3. The IPCC also responded to the invitation of the COP contained in its decision 11/CP.7(paragraph 3 (c)) in the Marrakesh Accords) by preparing a work plan to develop
definitions for direct human-induced degradation of forests and devegetation of othervegetation types, and methodological options to inventory and report emissions resulting
from these activities. The work plan, TOR and TOC for this task were endorsed by IPCC
XIX in April 2002. This task is known as Task 2 of the NGGIP LULUCF Programme. The
implementation of Task 2 will be synchronised with Task 1 to ensure consistency of
methodologies and products.
4. The Second Authors/Experts Meeting for Task 1 and the First Authors/Experts Meeting for
Task 2 were held simultaneously on 10-12 July 2002, in Tampere, Finland. The meeting
advanced the drafting of all chapters of Task 1 and made considerable progress to prepare a
draft outline and elaborated contents of different chapters of Task 2. The two meetings also
identified links between the two tasks.
5. The Third Authors/Experts Meeting for Task 1 and the Second Authors/Experts Meeting
for Task 2, on 2-4 October 2002, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to produce the first-orderdraft reports for governments and experts review and to plan for the Fourth and Third
Authors/Expert Meetings for Task 1 and Task 2, respectively. Authors and the TechnicalSupport Unit (TSU) of the IPCC NGGIP worked closely to finalise the first-order draft after
the meetings.
6. The first combined government/expert review took place from 2 December 2002 to 27
January 2003. A total of twenty-five countries, five intergovernmental organisations andthirty-seven experts participated in the review and more than 6,000 comments on the firstorder drafts were received.
7. All comments were compiled in the consolidated lists. Preliminary recommendations on
how to reflect these comments in the further drafting were prepared by the TSU. The
Steering Group and the TSU prepared a summary of comments to highlight each specificissue for consideration by the authors at the meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

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ORGANISATION OF THE MEETING
8. The Fourth Authors/Experts Meeting for Task 1 and the Third Authors/Experts Meeting for
Task 2 were held from 1 to 3 April 2003, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was hosted by the
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Government of Malaysia. The
Honourable Dato’ Haji Zainal bin Dahalan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science,
Technology and Environment, Malaysia, officiated the opening session. The TSU of the
IPCC NGGIP organised these meetings with the support from the Forest Research Institute
Malaysia (FRIM). The TSU is grateful for the excellent support from FRIM under Dr Jenny
Wong’s leadership. Ninety-three experts/authors and review editors participated in themeeting (Attachment A).
9. The aim of these meetings was to consider all comments to be properly reflected to thesecond-order drafts. The meetings consisted of plenary sessions and breakout groupsessions on individual chapters.
10. The two meetings were preceded by a Co-ordinating Lead Authors (CLA) Meeting, withthe participation by CLAs, Steering Group members, representatives of the UNFCCC
secretariat, and the TSU, which was held on 31 March 2003. The purpose of the CLA
Meeting was to discuss the following issues: how to proceed with the two main meetings;
identification of issues that could be categorised as general and cross-cutting, apart from thechapter/sector specific issues; discussion on the tasks of each breakout groups; andidentification of inter-linkages between chapters of each task, and between Tasks 1 and 2. A
CLA meeting was also held before the morning session on the last day of the meeting toassess the progress made and to prepare presentations for the final plenary session.
11. In the first plenary session of the meeting, CLAs highlighted several general and crosscutting issues. The participants agreed that some of these issues could be solved byreorganising chapters, i.e. by moving individual sections and subsections between chaptersand by linking common topics across sections. Details of the discussion of these and ofchapter-specific issues are provided in the next sections of this report.
12. In the breakout group sessions of each chapter, the authors considered all substantive
comments on Task 1 and Task 2. Most of them were accepted or taken into account in thedrafts with modification. Responses from authors indicating how each comment was treated
were recorded in the Excel file of comments prepared by the TSU.
13. Review Editors for each chapter of Task 1 and Task 2 were present at the plenary andbreakout group discussions to ensure that all substantive comments from governments andexperts were appropriately dealt with, to advise authors how to handle
contentious/controversial issues, and to ensure that genuine controversies would be
adequately addressed in the second-order draft of the document.
14. With the unfortunate situation (war in Iraq and SARS outbreak) many authors made lastminute cancellations of their participation in the meeting. On initiative of US authors,
telephone conferences with authors gathered in Washington, D.C, at one end, and CLAs
and key authors in Kuala Lumpur at the other end, were held each evening to brief theabsent authors of the progress and give agreement on a division of tasks to address thecomments received and to advance drafting. Some absent authors from other countries
contributed in a similar way through email. This ensured efficient allocation of tasks and5work time, and allowed authors of all chapters to make satisfactory progress on the draft
document.

ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED BY COMMENTS AND THE DECISION TAKEN
BY AUTHORS BASED ON DISCUSSIONS IN PLENARY SESSIONS AND
BREAKOUT GROUP SESSIONS
Conclusions and Progress made for Task 1 – General Issues
The length and the nature of the Report: The authors took note of many comments andconcerns expressed by the reviewers with regard to the practical length and the target audienceof the report. Authors recognise the importance to keep the text as short as possible while
focussing on presenting practical guidance and avoiding giving the appearance of the scientifictext book, as far as possible. It was agreed that the decision trees in the report would be
improved to ensure these characteristics.
Tiers: It was recognised by the authors that the tier 1 methodology in the report should bemade very explicit and be checked for its applicability and consistency to always enable parties
to report emissions from sources or removals by sinks in the LULUCF sector.
New pools and categories: There were various comments on issues related to harvested wood
products (HWP), other new pools and categories including peat, reservoirs and settlements aswell as new sources of non-CO2 emissions. The participants decided to move these sections toan annex to Chapter 3 in view of diverging opinions and/or high uncertainties.
Harmonisation: The participants recognised the importance of a consistent use of terminology.
Conclusions and Progress made for Task 1 – Cross-Cutting Issues
Consistency among chapters: Many comments pointed out the importance of maintaining
cross-references between chapters, as well as the mapping back of categories to those used in
the IPCC Guidelines. The authors agreed that some re-organising/re-structuring of sections
would possibly solve this problem.
Uncertainties: It was recognised that all chapters need to treat the issue of uncertainty inrelevant sections. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 authors worked closely with Chapter 5 authors on
the drafting of parts referring to uncertainty. Some items previously contained in Chapter 5
were moved to Chapter 2 or 3.
Sampling and Remote Sensing: Applicable methods/techniques, particularly sampling andremote sensing were referred to in several sections that were prone to be redundant andinconsistent. Appreciating various comments on these issues and also recognising thecontroversies, in particular with respect to remote sensing, the following reorganization was
decided. (1) technical information on sampling would be collected from Chapters 2 and 3 andincluded in a new section on “Sampling” in Chapter 5; and (2) information and guidance on
sampling contained in other chapters would be related to the specific sources and sinks.
Similarly, information on remote sensing was moved to a separate section on “Remote
Sensing” in the Verification section of Chapter 5, although the specific applications are referred6

in their respective chapters. More detailed information on verification approaches wasdeveloped as an appendix of Section 5.7.
Reporting Tables: Many comments urged for the development of reporting tables for Chapter
3, some also for refinement of the tables in Chapter 4. It was decided that the TSU would help
the authors in developing reporting tables (summary and compilation tables) and worksheets
for Chapter 3, to be included in the second-order draft. These should resemble the tables in the
IPCC Guidelines as much as possible. The authors responsible for the tables in Chapter 4
would follow the development of the Chapter 3 reporting tables to ensure consistency withthese and the tables in Chapter 4.
Conclusions and Progress by Chapter
Task 1 - Chapter 1: Introduction
As this chapter was fairly short and already in near to final stage of drafting, there was no needfor a breakout group discussion. The authors had prepared their responses to the comments
received and a revised draft text for consideration of the review editors ahead of the meeting.
The authors and a review editor of this chapter had a discussion on this revised draft during themeeting. The absent review editor received the material by email.
Authors will continue to improve the revised draft text to become the second-order draft of thechapter.
Task 1 - Chapter 2: Basis for Consistent Representation of Land Areas
Six land categories (forest land, cropland, grassland, wetland, settlements, and other land)remain. Approaches for representing land areas using these categories were simplified
compared to the first-order draft, in view of the user-friendliness, practicability, and to avoid
perception by the users that the approaches were hierarchical. From the first to the second-orderdraft, the number of approaches decreased from five to three.
Task 1 - Chapter 3: LUCF Sector Good Practice Guidance
The authors addressed about 2,500 comments on Chapter 3 in the form of breakout groupsessions. The comments were generally classified as issues related to: coverage of harvested
wood products (HWP); consistent handling of carbon pools; clarity and length of discussion on
biomass expansion factors (BEF); how to report natural disturbances (e.g. fires) and the issue ofmanaged/unmanaged lands; new pools/sources which include reservoirs, methane oxidation insoils, and settlements; the treatment of deforestation; and matters related to incompleteness ofsome tables, length of the report, and organization of subsections.
The authors resolved most of the comments in Forest Land section and addressed almost all in
the Cropland and Grassland sections. Some comments on Wetland section (including
reservoirs) were left unresolved for further discussions by email. Agreement was reached interms of working definitions for carbon pools to be applied consistently across the report. The
sections of HWP, settlements, reservoirs, and non-CO2 were moved to Annexes. Forest fires
subsection was removed from the biomass subsection to the non-CO2 subsection. The breakout
group working on BEF noted some good discussions in Chapter 4 which can be used in Chapter

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The group developed practical and simple advice on BEF (default values would be developed
after the meeting) to be incorporated in the second-order draft.
The entire chapter was considered to be still far from a handbook text. Some decision trees
would need further attention. Some uncertainty ranges/values for default data were still missing
and reporting tables (i.e. summary tables, compilation tables, and worksheets) had to be
developed for the second-order draft.
Task 1 - Chapter 4: LULUCF Monitoring, Reporting, and Accounting Requirements under
the Kyoto Protocol
Authors confirmed when a category is identified as key under Chapter 3 (in accordance withthe guidance provided in Chapter 5, Section 5.4), it would also be key in Chapter 4. The only
exception to this regard is revegetation, which requires a separate "key category" check.
In response to comments on the complexity of Chapter 4, it was decided to include a roadmap
in its introductory chapter. The first steps would be to apply the relevant definitions in the
Marrakesh Accords to national circumstances and the setting up a hierarchy among selected
Article 3.4 activities. Step 2 would be identification of lands, step 3 estimation of the carbon
stock changes and non-CO2 emissions on these lands. The structure was also otherwise madeuser-friendlier. The guidance on land identification was complemented and made more
systematic by the inclusion of an additional decision tree. It was decided to add guidance on theuse of statistical methods in land identification related to scaling, linear areas (e.g. shelterbelt
and linear disturbances, such as pipelines). The decision trees and guidance for afforestation,
reforestation, deforestation and forest management were revised taking into account thecomments, and the reporting of non-CO2 emissions (cropland and grazing land management
and revegetation) was clarified and made consistent with the GPG2000.
In the projects section (Section 4.3) of Chapter 4, the relation between good practices at the
project level and at the level of national inventories was strengthened.
A decision matrix for identifying activities that result in emissions of non-CO2 gases withinproject boundaries associated to the different types of project under Articles 6 and 12 of the
Kyoto Protocol was introduced. A comprehensive table of cross-references to appropriate
places in GPG2000 and the IPCC Guidelines was compiled to provide clear guidance on
methods for estimating emissions of non-CO2 gases from project activities.
The set of examples for allometric regression equations to be applied for estimating biomass
expansion was expanded and the description of good practice monitoring of the project
performance was substantially improved. The terminology on pools was made consistent withthose used in the IPCC Guidelines and the Marrakesh Accords.
Task 1 - Chapter 5: Cross cutting Issues
Uncertainty section was shortened. Authors working on the uncertainty sections of Chapters 2,
3 and 5 moved specific descriptions and equations examples in Chapter 5 to the relevant
sections in other chapters. Example of Tier 1 uncertainty analysis will be added to complete thesection of Second-order draft. The Section was also restructured and changed the order of subsections to make clearer linkage with other sections in Chapter 5.

8There were various comments on sampling issues in Chapter 2, 3 and 5, arguinginconsistencies in methods and techniques, and about the implications on uncertainties.
Considering these comments, it was agreed to add a section of sampling, following the sectionof uncertainties in Chapter 5, and redraft it by compiling and correcting relevant parts from allother chapters. Drafting will be continued to be completed as a section of the second-order draft.
Reflecting comments on the concept of key categories (vs. key source categories for othersectors than LULUCF), it was agreed to expand the concept of key sources to cover both
sources and sinks. For the comments on key category of UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
activities, text has not been changed, namely, when categories under the UNFCCC inventory
will be identified as key, corresponding Kyoto Protocol activities would also potentially be key,and complementing qualitative examination would be a good practice.
QA/QC and Time Series Consistency sections have almost finalised. Authors recognised theneed of closer work with authors from other chapters that were dealing with these themes.
Recommendations to Chapters 3 and 4 were prepared by Chapter 5 to be reflected in therelevant sections of those chapters.
Verification section received various comments during the review. Some comments were
substantial and detailed. Some discussed fundamental issues, such as the merit of including thissection in the Good Practice Guidance to users. Considering that verification may notnecessarily be done by inventory agencies (which are the main targets of the report), and also
the merit to have this section in the report, the text was shortened, focusing more on practicalguidance. Some technical background information was moved to Appendix.
Task 2 – General issues
About 350 comments on Task 2 were addressed by the authors in a single breakout group. Mostof the comments were constructive and were generally agreed with. However, some comments
were contradictory or conflicted with each other. The authors intensively considered anddiscussed those comments to seek better solutions. Among others, to reflect comments callingfor clarification of the mandate of the report, careful considerations were made in revising thetext not to exceed the terms of reference for the report. Authors confirmed the need to redraft
policy relevant descriptions in more neutral ways.
Authors recognised the need to improve linkages with Task1 and to make better use of thepractical methodologies provided in the Task1 report.
Task 2 – Over view Chapter and Chapter 1:Introduction
It was recognised that the Task 2 report would be classified as an “IPCC methodology report”.
Hence, it must contain an overview chapter that will be subjected to a section-by-section
approval by the IPCC Panel, in accordance with the IPCC Procedures. Authors agreed toprepare an “Overview” chapter, in addition to the Chapter 1: Introduction1.
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In preparation of the second-order draft after Kuala Lumpur meeting, the Steering Group recommended to merge
these two chapters into one. The authors agreed to this recommendation. In the end, therefore, Chapter 1 was
rewritten as “Overview”, instead of “Introduction”, in the second-order draft.

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As regards Chapter 1 “Introduction”, authors agreed to rewrite it to include texts provided by
the Marrakesh Accords and the Terms of Reference for the task in order to clarify the objective
and context of this report.
Task 2 – Chapter 2: Definitions for Degradation of Forests and Devegetation of Other
Vegetation Types
There were comments proposing alternative definitions and methodological explanations on“degradation” and “devegetation”. Some comments expressed concerns about politicaldescriptions or policy-prescriptive contents, which might be misleading and affect usability of
the report. It was agreed that options for definitions would be proposed in the revised text,
including those harmonised with other international processes, and to be either specific tocarbon related attributes or alternatively related to broader forest/vegetation values.
Task 2 – Chapter 3: Methodological options to inventory emissions from direct humaninduced activities
In response to many comments calling for clear and practical guidance on methodology toinventory emissions from direct human induced activities defined in Chapter 2, authors agreed
to develop a diagram indicating steps to identify cases when forest degradation anddevegetation of other vegetation types may not be accounted. Responding to the comments
about the lack of referenced to methods provided in the Task 1 report, closer references should
be added in the second-order draft. Authors recognised that careful attention on the revised textof Task 1 would be necessary. It was also recognised that the guidance on how to report should
be presented in this chapter, taking the discussion on reporting tables for Task 1 into
consideration.
Task 2 – Chapter 4: Implications of Different Methodological Options to Accounting under
the Provisions of Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol
Authors considered additional texts on implications regarding "balance" as distinct from"complete" or "comprehensive". Authors discussed and agreed to elaborate a section regarding
the implications of the different methodologies on costs, scale of application and accuracy.
They also agreed to seek some indicators for scale of degradation.

CONCLUSIONS AND GENERAL ISSUES DISCUSSED AT THE LASTPLENARY
Conclusion
Task1 and Task 2 authors agreed on a time schedule for further drafting and finalising thesecond order drafts, which are subject to the second government/expert review between 2 May
and 27 June 2003.
Future Work
Authors will continue drafting to finalise the report to be second-order drafts.

10Authors recognise that further refinements are necessary to make the reports more user-friendly
handbooks. . Harmonisation of the introductory parts among chapters, sections, and subsections,and cross-referencing still require more attention by authors.
Worksheets to estimate GHGs emissions and removals from each pool under different land-use
categories in Chapter 3 will be prepared by the TSU for further consideration and elaboration
by CLAs and Las, before the second government/expert review.
Future Planning
The workplan after the meetings in Kuala Lumpur was discussed. Authors agreed with thefollowing timetable.
Chapter 5  18 April
Other Chapters  23 April
Second government/expert review:
2 May – 27 June
Consolidation of comments by the TSU:
27 June – 15 July
Authors/Experts meeting for finalisation of drafts: 29 – 31 July 2003, Sydney, Australia
Due date for posting drafts on the EDG:

OthersRepresenting the UNFCCC, Mr Heikki Granholm suggested Task Force on Inventories of the
IPCC to prepare a progress report and a side-event for SBSTA-18, to be held in Bonn,
Germany, from 4 to 13 June 2003.
Review editors were requested to submit a brief report on how comments were considered ineach breakout discussions and reflected in the drafting of the second-order draft reports.
Mr Ruzain Idris, Principal Assistant Director, Conservation and Environmental Management
Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Malaysia gave a speech in theclosing session.

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ATTACHMENT A
List of Participants for
IPCC NGGIP-LULUCF Programme
Fourth Authors/Experts Meeting on Good Practice Guidance
for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (Task 1)
AND

Third Authors/Expert Meeting on the issue of “Degradation of Forest and Devegetation of Other
Vegetation Types” (Task 2)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1-3 April 2003
* SG (Steering Group)** CLA (Co ordinating Lead Authors)

TASK 1
AUSTRALIA
Dr Brian TURNER
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Tel: (61 2) 6125 3548
Fax: (61 2) 6125 0746
brian.turner@anu.edu.au

BRAZILDr Newton PACIORNIK **Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil
Praia do Flamengo 200, s.101, 22210-901
Rio de Janeiro
Tel: (55 21) 2555 0308
Fax: (55 21) 25351266
newton@finep.gov.br

AUSTRIADr Bernhard SCHLAMADINGER **Joanneum Research, Institute of Energy Research
Elisabethstrasse 5, 8010 GRAZ
Tel: (43 316) 876 1340
Fax: (43 316) 876 91340
bernhard.schlamadinger@joanneum.at

CANADADr Éric DUCHEMIN
DREXenvironnement2667 rue Knox, Montreal, QC H3K 1R3
Tel: (1 514) 937 5619
drexenv@cam.org

BAHRAIN
Dr Anwar Sheikhaddin Abdu ABDU KHALIL
College of Graduate Studies
Arabian Gulf University (AGU)
P.O.Box 26671, Manama
Tel: (973) 239 999 / 239608 / 449081
Fax: (973) 272555 / 274028 / 1239 552
anwar@agu.edu.bh

CANADADr Werner KURZ
Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Forest Service
506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5
Tel: (1 250) 363 6031
Fax: (1 250) 363 0775
wkurz@pfc.forestry.ca

BOLIVIADr David CRUZ CHOQUE
National Climate Change Programme
Calle Federico Suazo N 1972. 1 Piso
P.O. Box: 5546, La Paz
Tel: (591 2) 2484835
Fax: (591 2) 2491558
davidcruzchoque@hotmail.com

CHINA
Prof Deying XU
The Chinese Academy of Forestry
Wan Shou Shan, Beijing 100091
Tel: (86 10) 62889553
Fax: (86 10) 62888840
deyingxu@caf.ac.cn

12CHINADr Xiaoquan ZHANG
Chinese Academy of Forestry
Institute of Forest Ecology and Environment
Wan Shou Shan, Beijing 100091
Tel: (86 10) 62889512
Fax: (86 10) 62888840
xiaoquan@fee.forestry.ac.cn

FINLAND
Dr Risto SIEVANEN
Vantaa Research Center
Finish Forest Research Institute
PB 18, 01301 Vantaa
Tel: (358 9) 857373
Fax: (358 9) 857361
risto.sievanen@metla.fi

ECUADORMr Julio CORNEJO VARGAS
Undersecretariat of Environmenal Quality
Ministry of Environment, Ecuador
Avenida Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas,
Edificio M.A.G., Piso 7, Quito
Tel: (593 2) 508510
Fax: (593 2) 2508510
jcornejo@ambiente.gov.ec

FRANCEDr Denis LOUSTAU
Institut National de Recherche Agronomique(INRA BORDEAUX)
Domaine de l'Hermitage
BP 45, F-33611, GAZINET CEDEX
Tel: (33 5) 57 12 28 51
Fax: (33 5) 56 68 05 46
loustau@pierroton.inra.fr

FINLANDDr Markku KANNINENCIPOR, Indonesia
P.O.Box 6596, JKPWB, Jakarta, 10065, Indonesia
Tel: (62 251) 622 622
Fax: (62 251) 622 100
m.kanninen@cgiar.org

FRANCEMr Gérôme PIGNARD
Ministry of Agriculture, Inventaire Forestier
National Place des Arcades
Maurin, BP 1001, 34971 Lattes Cedex
Tel: (33 4) 67 07 80 86 / 84
Fax: (33 4) 67 07 80 91
gpignard@cer.ifm.fr

FINLAND
Ms Dr Raisa MÄKIPÄÄ
Finnish Forestry Research InstituteUnioninkatu 40 A, FIN-00170 Helsinki
Tel: (358 9) 8570 5654
Fax: (358 9) 8570 5717
Raisa.Makipaa@metla.fi
FINLAND
Dr Kim PINGOUDVTT Processes Finland
P.O. Box 1606, Tekniikantie 4C, FIN-02044 VTT
Tel: (358 9) 456 5074 / (358 40) 562 7105 (mobile)
Fax: (358 9) 456 6538
kim.pingoud@vtt.fi

GAMBIADr Bubu Pateh JALLOW **Department of Water Resources
7, Mariana Parade, Banjul
Tel: (220) 228 216
Fax: (220) 225 009
bubujallow@hotmail.com
bubupateh@yahoo.com
GERMANY
Prof Michael KÖHL
Dresden University od Technology
Wilsdruffer Str. 18, 01737 Tharandt
Tel: (49 35203) 381613
Fax: (49 35203) 381632
koehl@forst.tu-dresden.de

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HUNGARY
Dr Zoltan SOMOGYI
Department of Silviculture and Yield
Forest Research Institute (ERTI) , Budapest
H-1023 Budapest, Frankel L. u. 42-44.
Tel: (36 30) 465 2684
Fax: (36 1) 326 1639
Som9013@helka.iif.hu
somogyiz@erti.hu

JAMAICADr Keith PORTER
Technical Service
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Department
C/o Forestry Department
173 Constant Spring Rd., Kingtson 8
Tel: (876) 9242667-8 / 9242125 / 969-9068
Fax: (876) 924-2626 / 931-2636
kporter@forestry.gov.jm

IVORY COAST
Mr Lucien DJA
Ivorian Climate Change Project
B.PB 148 Abidjan, Antenne Sud INP-HB, Cocody
Danga
Tel: (225) 05 92 44 88
Fax: (225) 20 21 04 95
luciendija@hotmail.com

JAPAN
Dr Mitsuo MATSUMOTO
Department of Forest Policy and Economics
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute(FFPRI)
P.O.Box 16, Tsukuba-Norin, Ibaraki, 305-8687
Tel: (81 29) 873 3211 (Ex.641)
Fax: (81 29) 873 3799
machan@ffpri.affrc.go.jp

INDIA
Prof N.H. RAVINDRANATH **CES, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012
Tel: (91 80) 360 1455 / 394 2785
Fax: (91 80) 360 1428 / 360 0683
ravi@ces.iisc.ernet.in
INDIA
Dr T P SINGH
Tata Energy Research Institute
TERI School of Advanced Studies
Darbari Seth Block
Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Tel: (91 11) 4682 100, 4682 1111
Fax: (91 11) 4682144,4682145
tpsingh@teri.res.in
INDONESIA
Dr Rizaldi BOER
Faculaty of Mathematics and Natural
Sciences,Department of Geophysics andMeteorology
Bogor Agricultural University
Juruan GEOMET, FMIPA IPB
Kampus Baranangsiang, Jalan Raya Pajajaran
Bogor-West Java
Tel: (62 251) 376817
Fax: (62 251) 313384
rboer@fmipa.ipb.ac.id

JAPAN
Dr Toshinori OKUDA
Laboratory of Tropical Ecology
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-0053
Tel: (81 298) 50 2426
Fax: (81 298) 502483
okuda@nies.go.jp
JAPAN
Dr Ryosuke SHIBASAKI
Center for Spatial Information Science
Institute of Industrial Science
University of Tokyo
4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505
Tel: (81 3) 5452 6412
Fax: (81 3) 5452 6414
shiba@skl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
KENYA
Dr Phanuel OBALLA
Kenya Forestry Research Institute
P.O.Box 20412, Nairobi
Tel: (254 154) 32891/2/3
Fax: (254 154) 32844
pooballa@yahoo.com
kefri@arcc.or.ke

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MALAYSIADr Ismail BIN HARUNNatural Forest Division
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Kepong, 52109, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (60 3) 6279 7000
Fax: (60 3) 6279 7878
ismail@frim.gov.my
MALAYSIA
Mr SAMSUDIN BIN MUSA
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Kepong, 52109, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (60 3) 6279 7000
Fax: (60 3) 6279 7857
shams@frim.gov.my
MALAYSIADr Jenny WONG
Natural Forest Division
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Kepong, 52109 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (60 3) 6279 7212 (DL) / 6279 7373 ext 7212
Fax: (60 3) 6279 7857 / 6279 7878
jlpwong@frim.gov.my
MEXICODr Omar MASERA **Centro de Investiogacion en Ecosistemas, UNAM
A.P. 152, Patzcuaro 61609, Michoacan
Tel: (52 443) 322 2709
Fax: (52 443) 322 2719
omasera@ate.oikos.unam.mx
MOROCCODr Abdelkader ALLALI
Ministry of Agriculture
Rural Development and Forestry
DPV.BP.1387, Rabat
Tel: (212 37) 761747
Fax: (212 37) 761557
allali@mailcity.com

NETHERLANDS
Dr Gert-Jan NABUURS **ALTERRA - Green World Research
PO Box 47, 6700 AA WageningenTel: (31 317) 477 897
Fax: (31 317) 424988
gert-jan.nabuurs@wur.nl
NEW ZEALAND
Mr James BARTONNew Zealand Climate Change Office
PO Box 10 362, Wellington
Tel: (64 4) 916 7628
Fax: (64 4) 916 7615
James.Barton@mfe.govt.nz
NEW ZEALAND
Dr Peter BEETSNZ Forest Research Institute Ltd.
Private Bag, 3020, Rotorua
Tel: (64 7) 343 5899
Fax: (64 7) 343 5661
peter.beets@forestresearch.co.nz
NEW ZEALAND
Mr Justin FORD-ROBERTSON
Ford-Robertson Inititives
7 Lynmore Avenue, Rotorua
Tel: (64 7) 345 7868
Fax: (64 7) 345 7868
justinfr@clear.net.nz
NORWAYMr Harald AALDE
Norwegian Institute of Land Inventory (NIJOS)
P.O. Box 115, N-1431 Ås
Tel: (47 64) 94 97 76
Fax: (47 64) 94 97 86
harald.aalde@nijos.no
NORWAYDr Kristin RYPDAL **CICERO
Centre for Environmental and Climate ResearchBox 1129 Blindern, N-0318 OSLO
Tel: (47 22) 85 87 80
kristin.rypdal@cicero.uio.no15

PAPUA NEW GUINEAMr Vitus AMBIA
Papua New Guinea Forest Authority
P.O.Box 5055, Boroko, National Capital District
Port Moresby
Tel: (675) 3277907
Fax: (675) 3254433 / 3277839
vambia@datec.net.pg

SLOVAKIADr Jozef MINDAS
Department of Forest Environment
Forestry Research Institute Zvolen
T.G. Masaryka, Street 22, SK- 960 92 Zvolen
Tel: (421) 45 5314 206
Fax: (421) 45 5321 883
mindas@fris.sk

PHILIPPINESProf Rodel LASCO **Environmental Forestry Programme CFNR,
University of the Philippines at Los Banos
College, 4031 Laguna
Tel: (63 49) 536 5314
Fax: (63 49) 536 3206 / 536 5314
rlasco@laguna.net

SUDAN
Dr Elnour Abd Alla ELSIDDIG
Department of Forest Management
University of Khartoum,
Faculty of Forestry, Shambat
Tel: (249 13) 310104
Fax: (249 11) 780295
elnour_elsiddig@yahoo.com

POLAND
Dr Wojciech GALINSKISILVATICA Research Consultants
Glówna 29, Żabieniec, 05-500 Piaseczno
Tel: (48 22) 756 78 54
Fax: (48 22) 756 78 54
wgalinski@oilvatica.pl

SWEDENDr Lennart OLSSON
Centre for Environmental Studies
Lund University
Box 170, S-22100 Lund
Tel: (46 46) 2220511
Fax: (46 46) 2220475
lennart.olsson@miclu.lu.se

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Dr Michael GYTARSKY *Institute of Global Climate and Ecology (IGCE)
Federal Service of Russia for Hydrometeorology
and Environmental Monitoring
Russian Academy of Sciences
20-B Glebovskaya str., Moscow 107258
Tel: (7 95) 169 2198
Fax: (7 95) 160 0831
Mike.Gytarsky@g23.relcom.ru
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Dr Alexander NAKHUTIN
Institute of Global Climate and Ecology (IGCE)
Moscow 107258
20-B Glebovskaya str., Moscow 107258
Tel: (7 95) 169 0011
Fax: (7 95) 160 0831
ai_nakh@orc.ru

SWEDENProf Göran STÅHL
Faculty of Forestry, Umea
Swedish Univ. of Agric. Sciences
Tel: (46 90) 786 58 37
Fax: (46 90) 77 81 16
Goran.Stahl@resgeom.slu.se
SWITZERLAND
Dr Andreas FISCHLIN
Terrestrial Systems Ecology ETHZ
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Grabenstrasse 3, CH-8952 Schlieren, Zurich
Tel: (41 1) 633 6090
Fax: (41 1) 633 1123
andreas.fischlin@ito.umnw.ethz.ch

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THAILANDDr Kansri BOONPRAGOB **Department of Biology
Ramkhamhaeng University
Bangkok 10240
Tel: (66 2) 310 8395 / (66 2) 319 5219 ext.231
Fax: (66 2) 310 8395 / (66 2) 310 8381
kansri@ram1.ru.ac.thbkansri@hotmail.com
UK / UNDPDr Bo LIM
National Communications Support Programme
UNDP-GEF
Room 1607, 304 East 45th St, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1 212) 906 5730
Fax: (1 212) 906 6568
bo.lim@undp.org
UK
Dr Jim PENMAN *Global Atmosphere Division
Department of the Environment, Transport &Regions
Room 3/F2, 123 Victoria St, London SW1E 6DE
Tel: (44 20) 7944 5225
Fax: (44 20) 7944 5219
Jim.Penman@defra.gsi.gov.uk
UKProf Keith SMITH
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Ecology and Resource Management(IERM)
Darwin Bldg., Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3JU
Tel: (44 131) 650 7721
Fax: (44 131) 662 0478
keith.smith@ed.ac.uk

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSEUROPEAN COMMISSIONDr Giorgio MATTEUCCIEC - Joint Research Centre
T.P. 051, I-21020 Ispra (VA), Italy
Tel: (39) 0332 78 5808
Fax: (39) 0332 78 5022
giorgio.matteucci@jrc.it

US
Ms Barbara BRAATZ
Duke University Center on Global Change
Box 90658, Durham, N.C, 27708-0658
Tel: (1 919) 956 9930
Fax: (1 919) 956 9180
braatz@duke.edu
US
Dr Sandra BROWN
Winrock International
1621 N Kent St, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 22209
Tel: (1 703) 525 9430, ext 678
Fax: (1 703) 525 1744
sbrown@winrock.org
US
Dr Marlen EVE
Resource Exchange Intnl and Natural Resource
Ecology Lab (CSU)
2123 N Road, West Point, NE 68788
Tel: (1 970) 420 0354
Fax: (1 970) 491 1965
AridEve@aol.com
meve@nrel.colostate.edu
US
Mr Michael GILLENWATER
University of Sussex
Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems Group
60 Kennedy PKwy
Tel: (44 791) 789 5639
gillenwater@alum.mit.edu

OBSERVER
UNFCCCMr Claudio FORNER
Martin Luther King Strasse 8, D-53175 Bonn
Tel: (49 228) 815 1445
Fax: (49 228) 815 1999
cforner@unfccc.int
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TASK 1REVIEW EDITORSBRAZILMr Jose Domingos Gonzalez MIGUEZ
Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil
Esplanada Dos Ministerios Bloco E
Sala 244, 70067-900-Brasilia
Tel: (55 61) 317 7923 / 317 7523
Fax: (55 61) 317 7657
miguez@mct.gov.br

MAURITIUS
Mr Soobaraj N. SOK APPADU
Meteorological Service
St. Paul Road, Vacoas
Tel: (230) 696 5626
Fax: (230) 686 1033
meteo@intnet.mu

CANADADr Michael APPS
Canadian Forest Service - Pacific Forestry Centre
Natural Resources Canada
506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5
Tel: (1 250) 363 0625
Fax: (1 250) 363 0775
mapps@NRCan.gc.ca

NETHERLANDS
Ms Eveline TRINESMinistry of Agriculture, Nature Mangement, andFisheries
Department of Green Spaces and Recreation
P.O.Box 20401, 2500 EK, The Hague
Tel: (31 70) 3468530
Fax: (31 84) 2226347
Eveline@TrinesOnline.com

CUBA
Dr Carlos LOPEZ CABRERA
Instituto de Meteorologia
Apartado 17032, CP 11700 Habana 17
Tel: (537) 8670711
Fax: (537) 338010
cmlopezca@yahoo.com

NORWAYMr Audun ROSLAND
The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT)P.O. Box 8100 Dep, N-OO32 OSLO
Tel: (47 22) 57 35 47
Fax: (47 22) 67 67 06
audun.rosland@sft.no

JAPAN
Dr Masahiro AMANO
Department of Basic Human Science
Waseda University
Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-1192
Tel: (81 42) 947 6848
Fax: (81 42) 948 4314
amano@waseda.jp

TANZANIAProf Jamidu H.Y. KATIMA
Chemical & Process Engineering Department
Univesity of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35131, Dar es Salaam
Tel: (255 22) 2410754 (Direct)(255 22) 2410501-8 Ext 2950
Fax: (255 22) 2410379/3410380/2410514
jkatima@cpe.udsm.ac.tz

GERMANY
Ms Anke HEROLD
Oeko-Institut
Novalisstrasse 10, 10115 Berlin
Tel: (49 30) 28048686
Fax: (49 30) 28048688
herold@oeko.de

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AUSTRALIA
Dr Gary RICHARDS **Carbon Accounting Team, Greenhouse PolicyGroup
Australian Greenhouse Office
Edmund Barton Building, GPO Box 621
Canberra ACT 2601
Tel: (61 62) 741926 / (61 419) 615053 (mobile)
Fax: (61 62) 741381
gary.richards@greenhouse.gov.au

MEXICODr Tomas HERNANDEZ-TEJEDA **Instituto National de Investigaciones Forestales,
Agricolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP)
Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo
Rural, Pesca y Alimentacion (SAGARPA)
Av. Progreso #5. Colonia Coyoacan, 04110, D.F.
Tel: (52 55) 5658 4612 / (52 55) 5658 3596
Fax: (52 55) 5554 0357
thtejeda@colpos.mx

BOLIVIADr Juan Ivar ARANA PARDO
Vice Minister, Enviromment and Natural Resources
National Climate Change Programme
Calle Federico Suazo No 1972 Primer Piso
Post Box 9513, La Paz
Tel: (591 2) 2442336
Fax: (591 2) 2442336
ivararana@hotmail.com

POLANDDr Roman MICHALAK
Department of Forest Management Planning andMonitoring
Forest Research Instituteul. Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. nr 3
PL 00-973 Warszawa
Tel: (048 22) 822 49 38
Fax: (048 22) 822 49 35
R.Michalak@ibles.waw.pl

CHINA
Dr , Professor & Director Shirong LIU **Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment &Protection, The Chinese Academy of Forestry
Beijing 100091, P.R. China
Tel: (86 10) 62889554
Fax: (86 10) 62889555
liusr@prot.forestry.ac.cn
FINLAND
Prof Timo KARJALAINEN **Finnish Forest Research Institute
Joensuu Research Centre
Yliopistokatu 7, Box 68, FIN-80101, Joensuu
Tel: (358 10) 211 3080
Fax: (358 10) 211 3251
timo.karjalainen@metla.fi
JAPAN
Dr Masamichi TAKAHASHIForestry and Forest Products Reserch Instit8ute
1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687
Tel: (81 29) 873 3211 ext.357
Fax: (81 29) 874 7320
masamiti@ffpri.affrc.go.jp

UK
Mr Gerald John LAWSON **International Strategy Group
Natural Environment Research Council
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon, SN2 1EU
Tel: (44 1793) 411925
Fax: (44 1793) 411691
gela@nerc.ac.uk
US
Mr H. Gyde LUND III
ARD Forest Information Services
6238 Settlers Trail Place, Gainesville, VA 20155
Tel: (1 703) 743 1755 / 703 989 2137(cell)
Fax: (1 703) 742 1756
gyde@comcast.net
ZAMBIAMr Julius P. DAKA
Environmental Council of Zambia
Corner Suez Road and Church Road
P.O.Box 35131, Lusaka
Tel: (260 1 254130/31 or (260 1) 254023/59
Fax: (260 1) 254164 or (260 1) 250250
MotherTDaka@netscape.net / jdaka@necz.org.zm
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TASK 2 REVIEW EDITORSCHILEDr Sergio GONZALEZ-MARTINEAUX
Centro Regional de Investigacion La Platina
INIA
Santa Rosa Street 11.610, (La Pintana), Santiago
Tel: (56 2) 6358659 / (56 2) 5417 223 (ext. 115)
Fax: (56 2) 5417 667
sgonzale@platina.inia.cl / sgonzal@ctcreuna.cl
NEW ZEALAND
Ms Helen PLUME
New Zealand Climate Change Office
PO Box 10362, Wellington
Tel: (64 4) 916 7627
Fax: (64 4) 918 3130
helen.plume@mfe.govt.nz

UGANDAMr Ignatius OLUKA-AKILENG
Forestry Department
P.O. Box 1752 Kampala
Tel: (256 41) 251776
Fax: (256 41) 347086
nbsfd@imul.com
UZBEKISTANDr Evgeniy BOTMAN
Uzbek Scientific Research Forestry Institute of the
Republic of Uzbekistan
2, apt.17, Darkhan village, 702017 Tashkent region
Tel: (998 71) 125 72 32
Fax: (998 71) 125 71 80
nii@les.org.uz

OBSERVER
UNFCCCMr Heikki GRANHOLM
Martin Luther King Strasse 8, D-53175 Bonn
Tel: (49 228) 815 1601
Fax: (49 228) 815 1999
hgranholm@unfccc.int
IPCC
TASK FORCE BUREAU CO-CHAIRJAPANMr Taka HIRAISHI *C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
hiraishi@iges.or.jp

BRAZILDr Thelma KRUG *Instituto Interamericano de Pesquias sobre
Mudancas Globais
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espaciais
Avenida dos Astronautas 1758
Jardim da Granja
12297-010 Sao Jose dos Campos, SP
Tel: (55 12) 3945 6895
Fax: (55 12) 3941 4410
thelma@dir.iai.in

IPCC SECRETARIATDr Renate CHRIST
C/o World Meteorological Organization
7 bis Avenue de la Paix, C.P. 2300, CH-1211
Switzerland
Tel: (41 22) 730 8574
Fax: (41 22) 730 8025
christ_r@gateway.wmo.ch
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IPCC-NGGIP/TSU
Dr Riitta PIPATTI
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
pipatti@iges.or.jp

Ms Kyoko MIWA
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
miwa@iges.or.jp

Mr Leandro BUENDIA
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
buendia@iges.or.jp

Ms Akiko KAWASE
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
kawase@iges.or.jp

Dr Todd NGARA
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
ngara@iges.or.jp

Dr Fabian WAGNER
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
wagner@iges.or.jp

Mr Kiyoto TANABE
C/o Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi
Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan
Tel: (81 46) 855 3750
Fax: (81 46) 855 3808
tanabe@iges.or.jp

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