Opening statement by José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General.

Launch of the FAO publication: Forests and sustainable cities - inspiring stories from around the world by Eva Muller, Director, FAO Forestry Policy and Resources Division.

Presentations by (00:00) Evans Sifuentes Ocaña, Mayor of the District of Independencia, Lima, Peru (in Spanish); (05:21) Janez Koželj, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana, Slovenia; (16:02) Michael DiBerardinis, Managing Director, City of Philadelphia, USA; (23:24) Mattia Palazzi, Mayor of Mantova, Italy (in Italian); (30:19) Stefano Boeri, architect, urban planner and designer of “Vertical Forest”, Milan, Italy .

(00:00) Floor discussion and closing remarks by Hiroto Mitsugi(16:19) , FAO Assistant Director-General, Forestry Department.