Forests: a green pathway for human developmentWorld leaders at Rio+20 agreed that forests have a significant role to play in addressing many sustainable development challenges. To help fulfil this role, the Committee on Forestry (COFO) 2012 focused on translating the results of Rio+20 into action and strengthening forestry’s many cross-sectoral linkages under the following key topics:
| MembershipThe Committee on Forestry is the highest FAO Forestry statutory body. 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. Rules of procedureClick here to access rulesMember countries of FAO which have not yet submitted their COFO Membership Notification form are encouraged to do so. |
last updated: Thursday, April 10, 2014