Committee on Forestry
The 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) will be held on 22-26 July 2024 at FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy in a hybrid format. The biennial sessions of COFO bring together high-level representatives, heads of forest services, government officials and partner organizations to identify emerging policy and technical guidance, seek solutions, and advise on future strategy and action.
The Week will feature a series of events and exhibitions bringing FAO Members, partner organizations, including youth and members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, together to discuss a broad range of topics related to FAO mandate and aligned with priority topics to be discussed by the 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry.
Agenda highlights
A highlight of COFO 27 will be the release of FAO’s flagship publication The State of the World’s Forests 2024 which will provide an in-depth analysis of forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future. The week will also feature discussion on scaling up agroforestry, the FAO Forestry Roadmap - From Vision to Action 2024-2031, on bioeconomy, climate change, ecosystem restoration, urban agrifood systems, integrated fire management, and agriculture and forestry linkages.
Joint Call to Action for Forests towards 2030
Forests and innovation – new solutions for a better world
About the Committee on Forestry
Joining the Committee on Forestry
Membership in the Committee on Forestry is open to all FAO Member Nations who inform the Director-General of their desire to become a member and of their intention to participate in the work of the Committee.
Membership now includes 122 countries (COFO Members). FAO Member Nations wishing to become members are invited to contact the COFO Secretariat.
Regional Forestry Commissions
Six Regional Forestry Commissions were established by the FAO Conference between 1947 and 1959. Biannually, 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.
The Commissions play a key role in the international arrangement on forests, serving as a link between global dialogue at the Committee on Forestry and the United Nations Forum on Forests, and national implementation.
COFO Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems
The Working Group was established as a subsidiary body of the Committee on Forestry in 2014. The group develops a comprehensive understanding of dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems and promotes scaling up good practices for their protection, sustainable management and restoration, while enhancing environmental and socio-economic resilience and sustainable livelihoods.
Past sessions
Contacts
Günter Walkner (Austria)
COFO 27th Session Chair
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