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.
More information
ACSFI Secretary
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News
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 ...
Private sector calls for building a forest-based bioeconomy to halt climate change and achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals
19/10/2021
Belem, Brazil 19 October 2021 – “Forest-based industries make an essential contribution to net zero emission targets, to which many businesses have committed in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change,” said the FAO’s Advisory Committee on Sustainable Forest-based Industries (ACSF...
Action urged to promote wood as a sustainable construction material
28/09/2021
Publications
Sessions
| Year | Meeting Title | Meeting Report |
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| 2009 |
50th Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood ProductsRome (Italy), 26/05/2009 |
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| 2008 |
49th Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products(South Africa), 10/06/2008 |
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| 2007 |
48th Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood ProductsShanghai (China), 06/06/2007 |
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| 2006 |
47th Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood ProductsRome (Italy), 06/06/2006 |
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| 2005 |
46th Session Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood ProductsVancouver (Canada), 31/05/2005 |