Forestry

Regional Forestry Commissions

Six Regional Forestry Commissions were established by the FAO Conference between 1947 and 1959. Every two years, the commissions bring together the Heads of Forestry in each major region of the world to address the most important forestry policy and technical issues in the region. They play a key role in the international arrangement on forests, serving as a link between global dialogue at the Committee on Forestry (COFO) and the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), and national implementation.

Regional Forestry Commissions are also active in-between formal sessions. Most of the commissions have technical working groups or sub-regional chapters that implement projects that benefit from collaboration among countries in the region.

News

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