The second Asia-Pacific Forestry Week was a large and dynamic event that brought together people from all dimensions of forestry across the Asia-Pacific region. More than 1,000 participants from governments, non-government organizations, research institutions, regional and international networks, UN agencies, universities and colleges met under one roof to discuss forestry issues around the theme of "new challenges - new opportunities".
Forestry Week aimed to take stock of existing challenges in Asia-Pacific forestry while also exploring new developments. The overarching objective was to improve management of the region's forest resources taking full account of associated social, economic, cultural and environmental values.
