ANNEX A

AGENDA

1. Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda

2. Election of officers

3. State of forestry in the Region

• Canada

• Mexico

• United States of America

4. Report of the Bureau of Alternates

5. FAO forestry activities of interest to the Region (presentation by FAO)

6. Review of working group activities (presentations by working group chairs)

• Atmospheric Change

• Fire Management

• Forest Genetic Resources

• Forest Insects and Disease

• Forest Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment

• Forest Products

• Silviculture

• Watershed Management

7. Technical papers (presentations by countries)

• Forest Environmental Services / Forests and Water (Mexico)

• Certification of Sustainable Forest Management (United States of America)

• Forest Resources Assessments (Canada)

8. Regional issues identified by the Commission for the attention of the Committee on Forestry (COFO)

9. Other business

10. Date and place of the next meeting

11. Adoption of the report and closing of the session