Many said that it would be important for the ministerial declaration to send a clear message about the global significance of forests to the third International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in July 2015, the United Nations summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda in September 2015, and the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held later in 2015. Round table 1 was co-chaired by the Minister for Forests, Environment and Protection of Natural Resources of Gabon and Chair of the Forum at its eleventh session, Noel Nelson Messone, and the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany, Christian Schmidt. Summing up the interactive discussion, the Co-Chair (Mr. Schmidt) said that it had been extremely useful in highlighting the importance of integrating forests in the post-2015 development agenda, as well as recognizing their multifunctional role in the climate change agenda. During the discussion, participants stressed the need to strengthen the Forum and align it with the post-2015 development agenda.