FO:NEFC/2000/1

NEAR EAST FORESTRY COMMISSION

FOURTEENTH SESSION

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1 - 4 July 2000

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

1.

Adoption of agenda

2.

Election of officers

3.

State of forestry in the region: national progress reports

4.

UNCED follow-up as related to sustainable forest management in the Near East:
 
  1. The Intergovernmental Panel on Forests/Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IPF/IFF) process
  2. Country-led initiatives

5.

Non-Wood Forest Products for rural development in the Near East

6.

Capacity-building for interactive data collection for forestry policy and planning

7.

FAO forestry activities in the region:
 
  1. Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the 13th session of the Commission
  2. FAO forestry activities in the region: Silva Mediterranea Research Networks in the region

8.

Forestry and the Kyoto Protocol: Key Issues

9.

Report of the FAO Workshop on national forest programmes in the Near East region (11-12 October 1999, Istanbul, Turkey) (for information)

10.

International Year of Mountains (for information)

11.

Report of the open-ended international meeting of experts on special needs and requirements of developing countries with low forest cover and unique types of forests (Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 4-8 October 1999) (for information)

12.

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

13.

Other business

14.

Date and place of next session

15.

Adoption of the Report