The Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (ACPWP) is one of the technical statutory bodies of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It was originally established in 1959 as the Committee on Pulp and Paper, and later on, in 1996, merged with the FAO Advisory Committee on Wood-based Panels.
The Committee is FAO’s main contact with the private forest industry. Its mandate is to advise the FAO Director-General on activities industries consider could usefully be undertaken by the Organization in the forestry sector. Furthermore the Committee provides a privileged avenue of communication between FAO and the private sector, ensuring both that activities undertaken are relevant to the current issues faced by industry and that the information presented is accurate and useful.
The Committee is composed of a maximum of twenty-five members, appointed by the FAO Director-General based on their experience and knowledge of the industry. Typically senior executives of companies or associations, the members come from all regions of the world and currently represent over ninety percent of the world production of pulp and paper. FAO acknowledges the contribution made by Committee members who so generously donate their time and their organizations’ resources in support of FAO’s work.
This year’s Session took place in Vancouver, Canada, and FAO expresses its gratitude to the Government of Canada and to the Forest Products Association of Canada for their most generous invitation and their help in ensuring the success of the meeting.
Wulf Killmann
Director
Forest Products and Economics Division
