Highlights
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Director-General QU Dongyu
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Regional Representative
Mr. Rene Orellana Halkyer was appointed by the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, as Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, effective 1 November 2025.
Stories
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Events
28th Session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC)
09/09/2013 - 13/09/2013
About LACFC
Based on national and regional priorities, the mandate of the LACFC is to advice FAO on the forestry programme to be developed in the Region. This includes the formulation of policies for the sustainable management of forests and wildlife and to analyze, facilitate and coordinate their execution at a regional level. In addition, the Commission aids in the exchange of information and, through special bodies such as technical cooperation networks, advises on suitable practices and actions with regard to technical problems and makes appropriate recommendations in relation to these matters.
Document list
- FO:LACFC/2013/REP: Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission
- FO:LACFC/2013/1 Rev.1: Provisional Agenda
- FO:LACFC/2013/2: State of the Forest Sector in the Region
- FO:LACFC/2013/3 Rev.1: FAO's Report on Follow-Up Activities to the Recommendations and Requests of the 27th Session of the Commission
- FO:LACFC/2013/4: The New Strategic Framework for FAO
- FO:LACFC/2013/5: Strategic Evaluation of FAO's role and work in Forestry: Management Response
- FO:LACFC/2013/6: Preparations for the XIV World Forestry Congress. Secretariat Note
- FO:LACFC/2013/7: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forestry
- FO:LACFC/2013/8: Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox
- FO:LACFC/2013/9: Shaping the FAO fire management umbrella programme, managing wildfire-related risks at the landscape level, and improving inter-agency coordination
- FO:LACFC/2013/10: The State of the Worlds's Forest Genetic Resources
- FO:LACFC/2013/11: Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
- FO:LACFC/2013/12: Forests for Food Security and Nutrition. Follow-up on the Conclusions of the International Conference
- FO:LACFC/2013/13: Contribution to FAO Governance. Input to the Committee on Forestry and the Regional Conference
- FO:LACFC/2013/Inf.1: Information Note for the Participants
- FO:LACFC/2013/Inf.2 Rev.1: Provisional Timetable
- FO:LACFC/2013/Inf.3 Rev.1: List of documents
Contact
LACFC secretariat contacts
Hivy Ortiz Chour
FAO Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Tel: (56 2) 2923 2137
Fax: (56 2) 2923 2101
[email protected]
Nancy Ayub
FAO Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Tel: (56 2) 2923 2215
Fax: (56 2) 2923 2136
[email protected]
Host country contacts
Ms. Sonya Reece
Assistant Commissioner of Forests
Guyana Forestry Commission
Georgetown, Guyana
Tel: (592) 226-7271/4
Mobile: (592) 660-4475
[email protected]
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In depth
80th Anniversary of the FAO
FAO celebrates 80 years of working for a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future for all, leaving no one behind.
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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
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Ibero-American and Caribbean Cooperation for #FoodFirst and Sustainable Development
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Mesoamérica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO
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FAO Campus
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Parliamentary front against hunger
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1000 Digital Villages in Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative
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Global
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Discover the systems in Latin America globally recognized as agricultural heritage.
One Country One Priority Product
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World Food Day
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Gender Equality
Empowering women in food and agriculture.
Global School Feeding Platform
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Data on food and agriculture
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Multimedia
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