FAO Forestry events home


This site offers information on meetings relevant to forestry. The site lists primarily upcoming meetings organized by Forestry Department, but the site also offers quick links to other on-line meeting calendars.

 

Upcoming FAO organized (and co-organized) meetings list

Expert consultation for development of guidelines to integrate climate change considerations into national forest programmes (initial meeting)
February 2010 (To be decided)
Italy, FAO HQ
Languages: English
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
Mountain Partnership Meeting on Mountain Tourism
March 2010 (To be decided)
Italy, FAO HQ
Languages: English
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
FAO Regional Office for the Near East [moujahed.achouri@fao.org]
5 April 2010 - 9 April 2010
Tunisia, Hammamet
Languages: English, Arabic
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
European Forestry Commission - 35th Session
FAO Forest Communication Service/UNECE Timber Branch [ed.pepke@fao.org]
27 April 2010 - 30 April 2010
Portugal, Lisbon
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
Mountains Side Event at CSD May 2010
May 2010 (To be decided)
United States of America, New York
Languages: English
Meeting type: Plenary
Attendance type: Open
FAO Forest Communication Service [Francesca Felicani]
3 May 2010 - 7 May 2010
Mexico, Palenque Chiapas
Languages: English, Spanish
Meeting type: Formal meeting
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean [carlos.carneiro@fao.org]
24 May 2010 - 29 May 2010
Guatemala
Languages: English, Spanish
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific [patrick.durst@fao.org]
9 June 2010 - 11 June 2010
Bhutan, Thimpu
Languages: English
Meeting type: Formal meeting
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
23 August 2010 - 28 August 2010
Korea, Republic of, Seoul
Languages: English
Expert consultation for development of guidelines to integrate climate change considerations into national forest programmes (final meeting)
November 2010 (To be decided)
Italy, FAO HQ
Languages: English
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
Mountain Partnership Meeting on Mountain Products
March 2011 (To be decided)
Italy, FAO HQ
Languages: English
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation
Kotka Expert Consultation
June 2011 (To be decided)
Finland, Kotka
Languages: English
Meeting type: Formal meeting
Attendance type: By invitation

Past FAO organized (and co-organized) meetings list

FAO, Argentina
18 October 2009 - 23 October 2009
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Contact: Serrano, Olman
8 September 2009 - 10 September 2009
Italy, FAO - Mexico room
Contact: Wilkie, Mette
Presentations:
Improve the contribution of Poplars and Willows in meeting sustainable livelihoods and land-use in selected Mediterranean and Central Asian Countries
27 July 2009 - 31 July 2009
Turkey, Izmit
FAO Multidonor Partnership Programme (FMPP), Nicaragua 2009 information sharing
FAO FOE
26 June 2009
Italy, FAO HQ
Presentations:
FAO
18 June 2009 - 19 June 2009
Italy, FAO HQ - Espace Gabon
ITTO, FAO, RRI [Eva.Muller@fao.org]
25 May 2009 - 29 May 2009
Cameroon, Yaoundé
UN Forum on Forests Secretariat
20 April 2009 - 1 May 2009
United States of America, UNHQ, New York
Post-Ad Hoc Expert Group meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests
UNFF Secretariat
12 April 2009 - 13 April 2009
Italy, FAO
FAO, ICIMOD, NWCF, GIUB [thomas.hofer@fao.org]
20 March 2009 17:00
Turkey, Istanbul, 5th World Water Forum, Sutluce/Haskoy Hall
Contact: Hofer, Thomas
World Water Council, DSİ, İBB, İSKİ
16 March 2009 - 22 March 2009
Turkey, Sütlüce Congress and Cultural Center, Eski Karaağaç Cad., Sütlüce, İstanbul
UN Statistical Commission [schweinfest@un.org or statcom@un.org]
24 February 2009 - 27 February 2009
United States of America, New York
Francophone Africa Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
10 December 2008 - 12 December 2008
Mali, Bamako
Contact: Russo, Laura
Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 in the Caribbean
1 December 2008 - 5 December 2008
Saint Lucia, Castries
Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessement 2010 in the Pacific
26 November 2008 - 28 November 2008
Fiji Islands, Nadi
Contact: Jonsson, Örjan
EU - French Presidency of the European Union [ecofor@gip-ecofor.org]
6 November 2008 - 8 November 2008
France, Nancy
Contact: Grylle, Magnus
Russian Speaking Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
3 November 2008 - 5 November 2008
Hungary, Budapest
Contact: Lebedys, Arvydas
EFI
30 October 2008 - 31 October 2008
Spain, Barcelona
Taller Regional "Hacia la Ordenación Responsable de los Bosques Plantados"
FAO
27 October 2008 - 31 October 2008
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Contact: Rosengren, Linda
Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 in Latin America
20 October 2008 - 24 October 2008
Brazil, Brasilia
Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 in the Near East
13 October 2008 - 16 October 2008
Egypt, Alexandria
Strengthening of harmonization of national reporting to FRA 2010 and other international processes on forests in Asia
Monica Garzuglia [Monica.Garzuglia@fao.org]
13 October 2008 - 16 October 2008
Malaysia, KualaLumpur
Contact: Wilkie, Mette
Anglophone Africa Workshop on the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
7 October 2008 - 9 October 2008
Kenya, Nairobi
Contact: Russo, Laura
COFO Steering Committee
18 September 2008 - 19 September 2008
Italy, FO Meeting Room
National Forest Centre [Michal.Vanco@nlcsk.org]
2 September 2008 - 4 September 2008
Slovakia, Zvolen
Contact: Perlis, Andrea
Bushfire CRC
1 August 2008 - 3 August 2008
Australia, Adelaide
Mountain Partnership Secretariat [douglas.mcguire@fao.org]
9 July 2008 - 10 July 2008
Italy, Finnish Forestry Room - D440
Contact: McGuire, Douglas
Mountain Partnership Secretariat [rosalaura.romeo@fao.org]
1 July 2008
Italy, Queen Juliana Room - B324
Contact: Romeo, Rosalaura
Promoting Sustainable Forest Management, National Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Timor-Leste
FAO, Timor Leste
10 June 2008 - 12 June 2008
Timor-Leste, Dili
FAO/Corpo Forestale/SilvaMed Workshop on Fire/Joint Research Centre (EC) [Pieter.vanlierop@fao.org]
13 May 2008 - 15 May 2008
Italy, Sabaudia
MCPFE Liaison Unit Oslo [kristin.dawes@mcpfe.org]
7 May 2008 - 8 May 2008
Norway, Oslo
Contact: Perlis, Andrea
Coordinating the response of the forest sector to the climate change agenda - meeting among CPF members
FAO
17 April 2008
Italy, Canada Room, FAO, Rome
Contact: Vähänen, Tiina
20th Session Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions -Silva Mediterranea
FAO
7 April 2008 - 10 April 2008
Bulgaria, Sofia
FAO
3 March 2008 - 7 March 2008
Italy, FAO HQ, Rome
Contact: Russo, Laura
FAO and UNFF Secretariat
28 February 2008 - 29 February 2008
Kenya, Nairobi, hosted by ICRAF and UNEP
Contact: Vähänen, Tiina
Forest Insects as Food: Humans bite back
FAO and Chiang Mai University
19 February 2008 - 21 February 2008
Thailand, Chiang Mai
Contact: Durst, Patrick
WFC task force meeting No 1.
24 January 2008
Italy, Mexico room
Contact: Serrano, Olman
Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge
APAFRI/IUFRO
17 December 2007 - 20 December 2007
China, Kunming
UN
3 December 2007 - 14 December 2007
Indonesia, Bali
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Mangroves for the Future Regional Steering Committee Meeting
IUCN/FAO
3 December 2007 - 4 December 2007
Thailand, Bangkok
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Training workshop on Financing strategies for National Forest Programme Processes
27 November 2007 - 30 November 2007
Guatemala, Antigua
FAO
20 November 2007
Italy, Green Room, FAO HQ (14.00-17.00) - open to Conference participants
Contact: Killmann, Wulf
Forest Policy Short Course for the South Pacific
FAO/SPC
19 November 2007 - 30 November 2007
Fiji Islands, TBD
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Mainstreaming Gender in Forestry in Africa
FAO Forestry Department and FAO Regional Office for Africa
12 November 2007 - 13 November 2007
Ghana, Accra
Contact: Rose, Simmone
International Conference: Bioenergy for The Planet, People, A Dream Comes True?
Biofuel Indonesia and others
7 November 2007 - 9 November 2007
Indonesia, Jakarta
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Training Course for Instructors on Community-based Fire Management
FAO/TNC
28 October 2007 - 4 November 2007
Indonesia, Balikpapan
FAO
16 October 2007 - 18 October 2007
Thailand, Chiang Mai
Contact: Durst, Patrick
FAOHonduras; REDNIAH
10 October 2007 - 12 October 2007
Honduras, Valle de Angeles
Monitoring, assessment and reporting (MAR) for sustainable forest management in the South-Pacific region
FAO
10 October 2007 - 12 October 2007
Fiji Islands, Nadi
Contact: Otsuka, Masahiro
Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN) Workshop on Biological Control
APFISN and State Forest Administration, China
21 September 2007 - 25 September 2007
China, Beijing
Contact: Durst, Patrick
RECOFTC
3 September 2007 - 7 September 2007
Thailand, Bangkok
Contact: Durst, Patrick
4th Meeting of the APFC Executive Committee
APFC
30 August 2007 - 31 August 2007
Thailand, Hua Hin, Hilton Hotel
Contact: Durst, Patrick
2nd Consultative Meeting on Forest Policy "Think Tank"
FAO/APFC
21 August 2007 - 22 August 2007
Philippines, Manila
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Regional Workshop on Illegal Logging, Trade and Governance
FAO/ITTO/CCAD
27 June 2007 - 29 June 2007
Honduras, Sand Pedro Sula
Contact: Muller, Eva
FAO
6 June 2007
China, Shanghai
Contact: Killmann, Wulf
Wrap-Up Workshop: Strengthening the Forest Research Institute Yezin
FAO
29 May 2007 - 31 May 2007
Myanmar, Yezin
Wood-based Bioenergy Meeting at LIGNA
FAO/ITTO and Government of Germany
17 May 2007 - 19 May 2007
Germany, Hannover
Contact: Killmann, Wulf
Workshop on Implementing Codes of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific
FAO/FRIM
14 May 2007 - 18 May 2007
Malaysia, Sandakan, Sabah
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Developing Invasive Species Management Plans
FAO (Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network)
8 May 2007 - 10 May 2007
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Forest Policy Short Course
FAO RAP
22 April 2007 - 4 May 2007
Thailand, Bangkok
Contact: Durst, Patrick
Special Event on Forests and Energy for COFO 18
FAO, ICFPA, IEA
12 March 2007
Italy, FAO Rome, Green Room
Contact: Killmann, Wulf
2nd International Conference on Agarwood
FAO RAP
4 March 2007 - 11 March 2007
Thailand, Bangkok and Chonburi
Contact: Kashio, Masakazu
FAO
20 February 2007 - 21 February 2007
Croatia, Zagreb
Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study II Focal Points Meeting for South Pacific
FAO SAPA
20 February 2007 - 22 February 2007
Fiji Islands, Nadi
Contact: Mathias, Aru
FAO - FO
12 February 2007 - 14 February 2007
Italy, Rome - FAO German Room Building C Room 269
Contact: Reeb, Dominique
PROFOR
National Forest Programme Facility (FOED)
1 February 2007 - 2 February 2007
Italy, India Room, FAO HQs, Rome
Contact: Lejeune, Johan
FAO
31 January 2007 - 2 February 2007
Italy, FAO Headquarters, Rome
Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study II Focal Points Meeting
FAO RAP
31 January 2007 - 2 February 2007
Thailand, Chiang Mai
Contact: Durst, Patrick
National Forest Programme Facility Steering Committee Meeting
National Forest Programme Facility (FOED)
30 January 2007 - 31 January 2007
Italy, India Room, FAO HQs, Rome
Contact: Lejeune, Johan
Workshop on Negotiation Skills for Forestry Sector
FAO
22 January 2007 - 26 January 2007
Philippines, Manila
Contact: Reeb, Dominique
FAO
11 January 2007 - 12 January 2007
Italy, FAO Headquarters, Rome
Contact: Wilkie, Mette
FAO, Czech republic
11 September 2006 - 15 September 2006
Czech Republic, Prague
Cross-sectoral Policy Planning in Forestry
FAO, Nfp-facility, ICRAF
22 June 2005 - 24 June 2005
Kenya, Nairobi, World Agroforestry Centre
Miscellaneous documents:
Trends in forest use and conservation - policy options for action
FAO, Czech Ministry of agriculture,
21 March 2004 - 26 March 2004
Czech Republic, Hrubá Skála
FAO Regional Workshop on Implementation of IPF/IFF - Proposals for Action in Africa
FAO
16 February 2004 - 18 February 2004
Ghana, Accra
African Forestry and Wildlife Commission - 13th Session
FAO
25 March 2002 - 29 March 2002
Gabon, Libreville

last updated: Monday, June 29, 2009