The Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions Silva Mediterranea (the official title of the committee since 1948) meets every two years to study common problems and work towards regional cooperation and sustainable development. Extraordinary sessions may be organized to examine important and/or urgent matters. In response to a recommendation by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992) that all countries set up National Forest Action Programmes, Silva Mediterranea developed a conceptual framework, the Mediterranean Forest Action Programme, to support Mediterranean countries in establishing their own forest policies.