Report of the Sixteenth Session of the Committee on Forestry

Rome, Italy
10-14 March 2003

  

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COFO-2003/REP

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2003

Table of Contents

PREVIOUS SESSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

MATTERS REQUIRING ATTENTION BY THE COUNCIL

INTRODUCTION

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Item 2)

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND DESIGNATION OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE (Item 3)

STATE OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS 2003 (SOFO) (Item 4)

MAJOR FORESTRY POLICY ISSUES

The role of the Regional Forestry Commissions in Implementing the IPF/IFF proposals for action (Item 5)
Forests and freshwater - issues and options (Item 6)
National Forest Programmes as a mechanism to implement the key outcomes of the WFS:fyl and WSSD (Item 7)

MATTERS REFERRED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE

Decisions of FAO Governing Bodies of interest to the Committee (Item 8)

FAO PROGRAMMES IN FORESTRY

The future of forests: Implications of the Forestry Outlook Study for Africa (FOSA) (Item 9)
Review of FAO Programmes in the Forestry Sector, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the Fifteenth Session of the Committee as well as the Programme Implementation Report (2000-2001) (Item 10)
Defining work objectives for FAO in key cross-cutting areas identified by countries and the FAO Medium-Term Planning Process (Item 11)

OTHER MATTERS

Date and place of next session

APPENDIX A: AGENDA

APPENDIX B: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

APPENDIX C: LIST OF DOCUMENTS