35. 关于人造林在可持续森林管理方面的作用的专家会议于 2003 年 3 月 24 日至30 日在惠灵顿由新西兰政府主办，获得阿根廷、澳大利亚、加拿大、智利、马来西亚、新西兰、南非、瑞士、联合王国和美国的政府赞助，国际林业研究中心、粮农组织、国际林业研究组织联合会和国际热带木材组织也赞助这次会议。这次会议的目的是：(a) 促进人造林的作用和查明使人造林对全球可持续森林管理作出最大贡献的方法；(b) 支助各国促进可持续森林管理；(c) 添造 1999 年在智利圣地亚哥举行的关于人造林的作用的第一次专家协商会的结果；(d) 通过主要利益团体间有见识的对话建立共识；(e) 支助论坛的工作方案。这次活动的报告（E/CN.18/2003/10）将提交给论坛第三届会议。
35. The expert meeting on the role of planted forests in sustainable forest management was hosted by the Government of New Zealand in Wellington from 24 to 30 March 2003, and was sponsored by the Governments of Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States as well as the Center for International Forestry Research, FAO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations and the International Tropical Timber Organization. The objectives of the meeting were to: (a) promote the role of planted forests and identify ways to maximize their contribution to global sustainable forest management; (b) support countries in promoting sustainable forest management; (c) build on the outcomes of the first Expert Consultation on the Role of Planted Forests held in Santiago, Chile, in 1999; (d) build consensus through informed dialogue among major interest groups; and (e) support the Forum in its work programme. The report of the initiative (E/CN.18/2003/10) will be available to the Forum at its third session.