1. Opening of the Session and adoption of the Agenda.
2. Election of Officers.
3. State of forestry in the Region.
4. Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to the recommendations and requests of the 22nd Session of the Commission.
5. In-session seminar: Forestry Sector Outlook Study for Latin America and the Caribbean.
6. Forestry activities of other international/intergovernmental/non-governmental organizations in the Region.
7. In-session seminar: National forest programmes and the international dialogue on forests – Strengthening regional action.
8. Activities of the Subregional Groups of the Commission:
a) Reports on accomplishments 2002-2004
b) Preparation and presentation of workplans for the 2004-2006 period
9. Regional issues identified by the Commission for the attention of the Committee on Forestry (COFO).
10. Presentation by the North American Forest Commission about working group modalities.
11. Other business.
12. Place and date of the next Session.
13. Adoption of the report and closing of the Session.
A summary of the informal discussion held in side meetings is included in Appendix E
§ Land tenure and integrated rural development.
§ Forest law compliance and sustainable forest management.
§ Innovative financial mechanisms for the development of the forestry sector.
§ Trade agreements (Free Trade Area of the Americas – FTAA) and the role of the forestry sector.
§ Development of a regional code of practice for reduced impact forest harvesting in tropical moist forest in Latin America and the Caribbean.
§ Strengthening LACFC as a venue for dialogue on international forest policy issues.
§ Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.