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
Enhancing forest sector engagement in ecosystem restoration
02/10/2022
The Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with The Forests Dialogue (TFD) convened a roundtable on enhancing the forest sector’s engagement in ecosystem restoration, as a satellite...
Publication launch: The role of forest products in the global bioeconomy - wood-based products contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals
21/03/2022
Switching from fossil-based products to renewable wood-based products can help combat climate change and achieve Sustainable Development Goals, according to the report Forest Products in the global bioeconomy: Enabling substitution by wood-based products and contributing to the Sustainabl...
Webinar: Forests and fibre: a renewable and sustainable solution to the Just Transition, economic recovery, circular economy and climate change
11/11/2021
Glasgow, United Kingdom - Jointly organized by the South African producer responsibility organization for paper and paper packaging, Fibre Circle, and the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the webinar entitled ...
Publications
Sessions
| Year | Meeting Title | Meeting Report |
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| 2014 |
55th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based IndustriesSaint Petersburg (Russia), 09/06/2014 - 10/06/2014 |
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| 2013 |
54th Session Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based IndustriesSão Paulo (Brazil), 04/06/2013 - 05/06/2013 |
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| 2012 |
53rd Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood ProductsNew Delhi (India), 23/05/2012 - 25/05/2012 |
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| 2011 |
52nd Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood ProductsMontebello (Canada), 23/05/2011 - 25/05/2011 |
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| 2010 |
51st Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products(Japan), 27/05/2010 - 28/05/2010 |