The secretariat was requested to organize a workshop on harvested wood products before the twenty-first session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to increase the understanding of issues relating to harvested wood products. The workshop took place in Lillehammer, Norway, from 30 August to 1 September 2004.
Participants at the workshop exchanged views on definitions and scope of estimation, reporting and accounting of harvested wood products; methods for estimation and reporting of emissions and removals relating to harvested wood products; and approaches for accounting of harvested wood products and the socio-economic and environmental implications of different approaches