FO:APFC/2000/1

1. Adoption of agenda

2. Election of officers

3. State of forestry in the region

4. Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the 17^th session of the Commission

5. Report of the activities and progress of the APFC ad hoc Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management

(a) Implementation of the Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific

(b) Regional Strategy for Implementing the Code

(c) Regional Initiative for the Development and Implementation of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Management of Dry Forests in Asia

(d) Efficacy of removing natural forests from timber production as a strategy for conserving forests

6. Follow-up to the IFF: Recent developments, expectations of countries, opportunities for nfp development and challenges in implementing recommendations

7. In-session seminar: Certification and forest product labelling

(with proposed participation by ITTO, FSC, CIFOR, IIED, ISO, RECOFTC and industry representatives)

8. Forestry and the Kyoto Protocol: Key issues

9. International Year of Mountains (for information)

10. Preliminary FRA2000 findings (for information)

11. Regional issues identified by the Commission for the attention of the Committee on Forestry

12. Other business

13. Date and place of next session

14. Adoption of report