Appendix A. Venues, dates and officers of APFC sessions
Appendix B. Membership
Appendix C. Subsidiary Bodies of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
Appendix D. International FAO Subsidiary Bodies and Panels of Experts in the field of forestry
Appendix E. World Forestry Congresses
|
Session and Date |
Venue |
Chairman |
Vice Chairmen |
|
Inaugural Session 9-17 October 1950 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Mom Chao Suebsukswasti (Thailand) |
C.H. Holmes (Ceylon) Shri M.D. Chaturvedi (India) |
|
Second Session 1-13 December 1952 |
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malay |
J.P. Edwards (United Kingdom-Federation of Malaya) |
E.J. Shrubshall (United Kingdom-Federation of Malaya) Thiem Komkris (Thailand) |
|
Third Session 9-21 April 1955 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Sakao Shibata (Japan), Honorary President F.R. Amos (Philippines) |
Thiem Komkris (Thailand) S.H. Prakoso (Indonesia) |
|
Fourth Session 8-21 June 1957 |
Bandung, Indonesia |
Soesilo H. Prakoso (Indonesia) |
Thiem Komkris (Thailand) Tiburcio S. Serevo (Philippines) F.G. Browne (UK) |
|
Fifth Session 12-18 February 1960 |
New Delhi, India |
Shri R. C. Soni (India) |
E. T. Tirikatene (New Zealand) M. Tasdique Hussain (Pakistan) |
|
Sixth Session 12-17 September 1962 |
Hong Kong |
P.C. Chambers (Hong Kong) |
F. Allsop (New Zealand) Katsumi Sakaguchi (Japan) Vichien Kunjara (Thailand) |
|
Seventh Session 22 September - 2 October 1964 |
Rotorua, New Zealand |
A.L. Poole (New Zealand) |
Chong Supp Shim (Korea) Abdul Majjidb. Haji Mohamed Shahid (Malaysia) Apolonio F. Rivera (Philippines) |
|
Eighth Session 1-8 May 1969 |
Seoul, Korea |
Young Jin Kim (Republic of Korea) |
Shin Kyu Hyun (Republic of Korea) Krit Samapuddhi (Thailand) R.C. Soni (India) |
|
Ninth Session 20-28 September 1973 |
Canberra, Australia |
D.A.N. Cromer (Australia) |
M. Soedjarwo (Indonesia) Haji ismail bin Haji Ali (Malaysia) A.P. Thomson (New Zealand) |
|
Tenth Session 6-10 June 1977 |
Kathmandu, Nepal |
E.J.B. Rana (Nepal) |
E.V. Cortes (Philippines) T. Suto (Japan) G.P. Samol (Papua New Guinea) |
|
Eleventh Session 6-10 April 1981 |
Suva, Fiji |
K.T. Yabaki (Fiji) |
N. Abeywickrema (Sri Lanka) Yang-Soo Han (Republic of Korea) A. Kirkland (New Zealand) |
|
Twelfth Session 19-23 March1984 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Setyono Sastrosumarto (Indonesia) |
S. Namba (Japan) I. Reti (W. Samoa) M. Atiqullah (Bangladesh) |
|
Thirteenth Session 30 March - 3 April 1987 |
Beijing, China |
Qin Fengzhu (China) |
Dato’ Muhammad Jabil (Malaysia) Johnson Mantu (Papua New Guinea) |
|
Fourteenth Session 12-16 March 1990 |
Manila, Philippines |
C.B. Serna (Philippines) |
V.R. Nanayakkara (Sri Lanka) G.B. Samol (Papua New Guinea) |
|
Fifteenth Session 9-13 August 1993 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
H.M. Bandaratillake (Sri Lanka) |
Saw Yan Aung C. Doo (Myanmar) Christopher Lee Brown (New Zealand) |
|
Sixteenth Session 15-20 January 1996 |
Yangon, Myanmar |
Kyaw Tint (Myanmar) |
Yang Yuchou (China) I Gusti M. Tantra (Indonesia) Indra Singh Karki (Nepal) |
|
Seventeenth Session 23-27 February 1998 |
Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Toga Silitonga (Indonesia) |
C.P. Oberai (India) Ichiro Nagame (Japan) Peter Yuile (Australia) |
|
Eighteenth Session 15-19 May 2000 |
Noosa Lakes Resort, Australia |
|
|
According to the Rules of Procedure of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission, "membership is open to all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the territories of which are situated wholly or partly in the Asia-Pacific region, as defined by the Organization, or which are responsible for the international relations of any non-self-governing territories in that region. Membership shall comprise such eligible Nations as have notified the Director-General of the Organization of their desire to be considered as Members."
|
Venue |
Attendance |
|
Bangkok 1950 Inaugural Session |
Participating member nations (12): Australia, Burma, Ceylon, China, French Union (for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), India, Indonesia, Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom (Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak) and United States of America (USA) Representatives and Observers: UN Economic Commission
for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), Holy See, International Meteorological
Organization, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO),
Pacific Science Congress (PSC) and Supreme Command Allied Powers (for
Japan) |
|
Singapore/Kuala Lumpur 1952 Second Session |
Participating member nations (13 of 18): Australia, Burma, Ceylon, French Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom (Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak) and USA Representatives and Observers: ECAFE, UN Technical
Assistance Administration (UNTAA), World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
South Pacific Commission and PSC |
|
Tokyo 1955 Third Session |
Participating member nations (17 of 20): Australia, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam Representatives and Observers: Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR), ECAFE, WMO and Holy See |
|
Bandung 1957 Fourth Session |
Participating member nations (12 of 20): Australia, Burma, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Netherlands, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom and the USA Representatives and Observers: USSR, International
Organization for Standardization (ISO), Regional Housing Centre, Natural History
Society, State Planning Bureau and ECAFE |
|
New Delhi 1960 Fifth Session |
Participating member Nations (16 of 20): Australia, Burma, Cambodia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the USA Representatives and Observers: ECAFE, ISO, ILO and
WMO |
|
Hong Kong 1962 Sixth Session |
Participating member nations (14 or 20): Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom (Hong Kong) and Vietnam Representatives and Observers: McCullogh Corporation
(USA) |
|
Rotorua 1964 Seventh Session |
Participating member nations (14 of 20): Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia (the Indonesian delegation stated that it recognized the membership of ‘Malaya’ only), Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Sudan, Thailand, United Kingdom (Hong Kong) and Vietnam Representatives and Observers: Commonwealth
Agricultural Bureau, IUFRO and World Federation of United Nations
Associations |
|
Seoul 1969 Eighth Session |
Participating member nations (13 of 20): Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom (Hong Kong) and Vietnam Representatives and Observers: UN Development Programme
(UNDP), Asian Development Bank (AsDB) and IUFRO |
|
Canberra 1973 Ninth Session |
Member nations (12 of 21): Australia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand and the USA Representatives: UNDP, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), IUFRO and the Advisory Committee on Forestry Education Observers: Canada and Finland |
|
Kathmandu 1977 Tenth Session |
Participating member nations (14 of 21): Australia, Bangladesh, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and the USA Representatives: UNDP, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Asian Development Institute and ILO Observers: Canada |
|
Suva 1981 Eleventh Session |
Participating member nations (15 of 23): Australia, Bangladesh, Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam Representatives: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), UNDP, UN Development Advisory Team and ILO Observers: People’s Republic of China (PRC), UK
and IUFRO |
|
Bangkok 1984 Twelfth Session |
Participating member nations (15 of 23): Australia, Bangladesh, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, the USA and Vietnam Representatives: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), UNDP, UNEP, ILO, UNESCO and the World Bank Observers: UK, Brunei, AsDB and IUCN |
|
Beijing 1987 Thirteenth Session |
Participating member nations (15 of 24): Australia, Burma, China, Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the USA Representatives: WFP, UNDP, ILO and UNESCO Observers: AsDB and the International Tropical Timber
Organization (ITTO) |
|
Manila 1990 Fourteenth Session |
Participating member nations (18 of 25): Australia, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, the USA and Vietnam Representatives: UNDP and World Bank Observers: Bhutan, AsDB and ITTO |
|
Colombo 1993 Fifteenth Session |
Participating member nations (13 of 26): Australia, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka and USA Observer member: UK Representatives: UNDP and WFP Observers: AsDB, CARE International, IUFRO and
IUCN |
|
Yangon 1996 Sixteenth Session |
Participating member nations (18 of 26): Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the USA and Vietnam Representatives: UNDP, UNEP and WFP Observers: Mongolia, Mekong River Commission, CARE
International, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), IUFRO, the
Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC) and IUCN |
|
Yogyakarta 1998 Seventeenth Session |
Participating member nations (23 of 27): Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the USA and Vietnam Representatives: UNDP Observers: Vanuatu, AsDB, Mekong River Commission,
CIFOR, IUFRO, RECOFTC and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) |
|
Name |
Period of operation |
Chairperson(s) |
|
Permanent Committee on Standardization and Utilization; later
renamed Working Party on Grading and Standardization |
1950-1960 |
M.M. Boucaud (French Union); Tan Chein Hoe (Burma) |
|
Sub-committee on Dimensions |
1950-1952 |
Mr. Reid (New Zealand) |
|
Sub-committee on Sawn Conifers |
1950-1952 |
Mr. Reid (New Zealand) |
|
Sub-committee on Sawn Hardwoods Indigenous to Australia, Japan
and New Zealand |
1950-1952 |
R.F. Turnbull (Australia) |
|
Sub-committee on Testing Methods; transferred to the Committee
on Forest Products Research in 1955 |
1950-1960 |
A.V. Thomas (UK) |
|
Sub-committee on Nomenclature |
1950-1960 |
K.A. Chowdhuri (India) |
|
Sub-committee on Grading of Hardwood Logs and Squares
(non-teak) |
1950-1960 |
G.S. Brown (UK) |
|
Sub-committee on Grading of Sawn Hardwoods
(non-teak) |
1950-1960 |
C.O. Flemmich (UK) |
|
Sub-committee on Teak; changed into the Sub-Commission on Teak
after the 2nd Session; expanded into a joint Sub-commission with the
African Forestry and Wildlife Commission in 1962. Two Working Parties, one on
Silviculture and Management and one on Utilization, as well as a Study Group on
Teak Grading functioned under the Joint Teak Sub-commission. The sub-commission
was subsumed by the FAO Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1950-1967 |
Tan Chein Hoe (Burma); H. Singh (India) |
|
Committee on Problems of Tropical Silviculture and
Management |
1952-1955 |
E.J. Strugnell (UK) |
|
Working Party on Aerial Survey and Mensuration in Tropical
Forest |
1952-1957 |
Mr. de Graaf (Indonesia) |
|
Working Party on Public Education in Forestry |
1952-1960 |
J.C.K. Marshall (Malaya) |
|
Working Party on Watershed Management; subsumed by the FAO
Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1955-1967 |
S. Ogihara (Japan) |
|
Committee on Silvicultural and Forest Management Research;
subsumed by the FAO Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1955-1967 |
H. Singh (India); R.C. Soni (India) |
|
Sub-committee on Lowland Tropical Rain Forests; subsumed by
the FAO Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1957-1967 |
J.E. Cousens (Malaya); J. Wyatt-Smith (Malaya) |
|
Sub-committee on Planting of Exotics (Eucalyptus and Pinus
Species); later renamed to Sub-committee on Conifers and Eucalyptus; subsumed by
the FAO Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1957-1967 |
A.F. Robertson (Hong Kong); P.A. Daley (UK); N. Hall
(Australia); S. Warsopranoto (Indonesia) |
|
Committee on Forest Products Research |
1955-1973 |
S.A. Clarke (Australia); H.E. Dadswell (Australia); R.W.R.
Muncey (Australia) |
|
Study Group on the testing of veneer-peeling
qualities |
1957-1960 |
- |
|
Study Group on Forest Range Management; subsumed by the FAO
Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1957-1967 |
H. Singh (India) |
|
Working Party on Forest Working Techniques and Training of
Forest Workers (in collaboration with ILO) |
1960-1973 |
M.R. Jacobs (Australia); J.J. Spiers (New Zealand) |
|
Ad Hoc Study Group on Forestry Research |
1981- |
|
|
Ad Hoc Study Group on Forestry Education |
1981- |
|
|
Ad Hoc Working Group on Sustainable Forest
Management |
1996- |
I G.M.Tantra (Indonesia), Task Manager |
|
Ad Hoc Working Group on Forestry Statistics and
Information |
1998- |
|
|
Name |
Period of operation |
Mandate |
|
International Poplar Commission |
1947- |
Established during the "Semaine internationale du Peuplier"
organized by the French government; placed within the FAO framework in 1967.
Notwithstanding its name, the mandate of the Commission covers willows as well
as poplars. The functions of the Commission are to study the scientific,
technical, social and economic aspects of poplar and willow cultivation, to
promote the exchange of ideas and material among research workers, producers and
users, to arrange joint research programmes, to stimulate the organization of
congresses and study tours, to report and make recommendations to the FAO
Conference, and to make recommendations to National Poplar Commissions, through
appropriate channels. |
|
Joint FAO/IUFRO Committee of Experts on Bibliography and
Terminology |
1949-1970s |
Established on the recommendation of the Third World Forestry
Congress to deal with all matters relating to the classification, referencing
and abstracting of forestry literature, as well as to prepare a multilingual
Forest Terminology (English/French/Spanish/German) |
|
International Chestnut Commission |
1951-1961 |
After ten years of its existence (only the last two within the
official framework of FAO statutory bodies), the international nature of the
commission is terminated as it is transformed into a working party of the
European Forestry Commission |
|
Advisory Committee on Pulp and Paper; Advisory Committee on
Paper and Wood Products |
1959- |
The Committee on Forestry (COFO), at its 12th Session in 1995,
recommended the expansion of work of the Advisory Committee on Pulp and Paper
into other forest product areas, notably panel products and sawnwood. The
renamed Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products consists of not less than
15 and not more than 25 leading experts, familiar with problems of forest
industries, designated by the Director-General, serving in their personal
capacity and at their own expense, reflecting broadly the interests of producer
and consumer countries and representative of the several regions. |
|
Committee on Wood-Based Panel Products |
1964-1995 |
Established with a membership of 15-30 nations "to advise the
Director-General on the evolution and implementation of FAO programs and
projects relating to wood-based panel industries, for which the organization is
responsible; to indicate special topics or sectors that should be the subject of
study by the organization and suggest priorities; to furnish guidance on the
categories of technical, statistical and economic data pertaining to wood-based
industries that should be collected, compiled, analyzed and published
internationally. The Committee on Forestry (COFO), at its 12th Session in 1995,
decided to abolish the Committee on Wood-Based Panel Products and incorporate
its functions into the Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products. |
|
Committee on Forest Development in the Tropics |
1965-1997 |
Established to "study technical, economic and social problems
relating to the development of tropical forests, particularly in developing
countries, having regard to production, utilization and conversion aspects as
well as to the marketing of forest products, and to report thereon to the
Director-General." Membership is to be no less than 15 and no more than 30
nations (later expanded to 45), its composition should be representative of the
different regions of the world, and reflect both the interests of foresters and
forest industries in relation to the major types of tropical forest and forest
products. |
|
Advisory Committee on Forestry Education |
1963-1997 |
Established in accordance with the directives of earlier
sessions and in recognition of the widespread number of forestry faculty and
school projects being requested by developing countries. The Committee advises
the Director-General on the evolution and implementation of FAO programs in
forestry education. The membership should be 12-20 nations, representing all
regions, as well as countries with long-standing experiences in forestry
education. |
|
Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources |
1968- |
Established to help plan and coordinate FAO's efforts to
explore, utilize and conserve the gene resources of forest trees and, in
particular, help prepare a detailed short-term programme and draft long-term
programme for FAO's action in this field and to provide information to Member
Governments |
|
Committee on Forestry |
1971- |
The Committee on Forestry (COFO) is FAO's most important
vehicle for facilitating dialogue in the forestry sector. The biennial sessions
of COFO bring together heads of forest services and other senior government
officials to identify emerging policy and technical issues, to seek solutions
and to advise FAO and others on appropriate action. Other international
organizations and, increasingly, nongovernmental groups participate in COFO. As
the need arises, FAO also convenes special meetings of forestry ministers,
non-governmental organizations and private industry. |
|
Consultative Group on Tropical Forests Action
Programme |
1993-1997 |
Established to lend support to the TFAP. Comprised of members
from developed and developing countries, the original TFAP sponsors, NGOs and
others. |
|
High-Level Panel of External Experts on Forestry |
1994- |
|
|
Place |
Date |
Theme |
|
Rome, Italy |
1926 |
- |
|
Budapest, Hungary |
1936 |
- |
|
Helsinki, Finland |
1949 |
- |
|
Dehra Dun, India |
1954 |
Conservation aspects of forestry and tropical
silviculture |
|
Seattle, USA |
1960 |
Multiple use for wood, water, grazing, wildlife and
recreation. |
|
Madrid, Spain |
1966 |
The role of forestry in the changing world economy |
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1972 |
|
|
Jakarta, Indonesia |
1978 |
Forests for People |
|
Mexico City, Mexico |
1985 |
Forest Resources in the Integrated Development of
Society |
|
Paris, France |
1991 |
Forestry: A Heritage for the Future |
|
Antalya, Turkey |
1997 |
Forestry for Sustainable Development: Towards the 21st
Century |
