Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries
The Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) is a FAO statutory body composed of senior executives from the private industry sector worldwide. It meets yearly with the main objective of providing guidance on activities and programme of work of the FAO Forestry Division on issues relevant to the paper and forest products industry, in support of member countries efforts to progress towards sustainable development.
The membership of FAO-ACSFI includes heads of forest industry and forest growers’ associations, as well as company executives from approximately 20 countries.
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ACSFI Secretary
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News
Forest-based industries scale up ecosystem restoration efforts
31/01/2023
New Haven, Connecticut – “Forest-based industries can play a critical role in facilitating global efforts towards ecosystem restoration” said the FAO’s Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) today in a statement released at Yale University School of Environment in Ne...
Keeping 1.5°C alive through the growing contribution of climate-smart forest products to the bioeconomy
14/11/2022
ACSFI Members at 8th World Forest Week
01/11/2022
Last October, some of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries members gathered at FAO Headquarters (Rome, Italy), from 3-7 October 2022 in Rome, Italy, to participate in the
Publications
Sessions
| Year | Meeting Title | Meeting Report |
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| 2019 |
60th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based IndustriesVancouver (Canada), 07/05/2019 |
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| 2018 |
59th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries(Italy), 05/04/2018 |
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| 2017 |
58th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based IndustriesBerlin (Germany), 17/05/2017 |
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| 2016 |
57th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based IndustriesSydney (Australia), 05/07/2016 |
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| 2015 |
56th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based IndustriesWashington (United States), 05/05/2015 - 06/05/2015 |