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 2001 report)

MAJOR FORESTRY POLICY ISSUES

5. Forestry information and knowledge management

6. Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management of all types of forests and implications for certification and trade

7. FAO support to the implementation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests/Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IPF/IFF) proposals for action

FAO PROGRAMMES IN FORESTRY

8. (a) Review of FAO programmes in the forestry sector, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the Fourteenth Session of the Committee including the Programme Implementation Report

    (b) Results of Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000)

    (c) Medium Term Plan 2002-07

    (d) Proposals for Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA)

9. Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: key forestry-related issues

10. International Year of Mountains, 2002

MATTERS REFERRED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE

11. Decision of FAO Governing Bodies of interest to the Committee

12. Recommendations of the Regional Forestry Commissions and other FAO Statutory Bodies in forestry of interest to the Committee

OTHER MATTERS

13. Date and place of next Session

14. Adoption of the report

15. Closing of Session