World Forest Week started in Rome

March 17, 2009 by timbercommunity

It is the 19th Session of the Committee on Forestry and the purpose is to explore collaboration on sustainable forest management issues, with a focus on climate change, water, and energy.
 

Examples of Keynotes
This meeting is organized by FAO (Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations.
State of the World's Forests 2009

• Sustainable Forest Management and Climate Change
• Improving investments in locally controlled forests
• Reducing emissions: forestry and land use change
• Issues for COFO's attention
• Forest genetic resources
• CPF Strategy on Forests and Climate Change: UNCCD, IUCN, IUFRO, and ICRAF
• Impacts of economic turbulence on the forest sector

More information
http://www.fao.org