COFO/2003/1

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda

3. Election of officers and designation of the Drafting Committee

4. State of the World’s Forests (SOFO 2003 report)

MAJOR FORESTRY POLICY ISSUES

5. The role of the Regional Forestry Commissions in implementing the IPF/IFF proposals for action.

6. Forests and freshwater – issues and options

7. National forest programmes as a mechanism to implement the key outcomes of the WFS:fyl and WSSD.

MATTERS REFERRED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE

8. Decisions of FAO Governing Bodies of interest to the Committee

FAO PROGRAMMES IN FORESTRY

9. The future of forests: implications of the Forestry Outlook Study for Africa.

10. Review of FAO programmes in the forestry sector, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the Fifteenth Session of the Committee as well as the Programme Implementation Report

1. Developments in Forest Resources Assessment
2. Harmonising forest-related definitions: key to successful monitoring and reporting on forests.

11. Defining work objectives for FAO in key cross-cutting areas identified by countries and the FAO medium-term planning process.

1. Forests, poverty and food security
2. Forests and water
3. Forest governance
4. Forest biological diversity

OTHER MATTERS

12. Date and place of next Session

13. Adoption of the report

14. Closing of the Session