FO:LACFC/2002/1

ITEM

1. Adoption of the Agenda.

2. Election of Officers.

3. FAO reports:

a) State of forestry in the Region

b) Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up of the recommendations and requests of the 21^st Session of the Commission. (For information).

c) Progress of the Project on Forest Information and Outlook Study of the Forestry Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. (For information).

d) National forest programme Facility. (For information).

e) International Year of Mountains. (For information).

f) Preparations for the XII World Forestry Congress, Canada, 2003. (For information).

4. Follow-up to the UNFF and the Johannesburg Summit. (For information)

5. Report on the FAO/ITTO International Conference on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management. (For information)

6. II Latin American Forestry Congress (CONFLAT). Conclusions and recommendations. (For information)

7. Forum of Directors of Forestry Research Organizations - IUFRO. (For information)

8. Activities of other international/intergovernmental/non-governmental organizations in the Region.

9. In-session technical panels:

a) Regional participation in future global forest resources assessments.

b) Integration of forest policies with policies of other sectors.

c) Forest certification.

d) Illegal forest extraction.

10. In-session seminar: national forest programmes.

11. Presentations of the activities of the Subregional Groups of the Commission, preparation and presentation of workplans for 2002-2004

a) Presentations by the Vice-chairpersons of the activities of the Subregional Groups in the period 2000-2002.

b) Workshops of the Subregional Groups of the Commission on past and on going activities, and preparation and presentation of workplans for the 2002-2004 period.

c) Presentation in plenary of workplans for 2002-2004.

12. Regional issues identified by the Commission for the attention of the Committee on Forestry.

13. Other business.

14. Date and place of next session.

15. Adoption of report.