31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission

Healthy forests feed the future

The 31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission will be hosted by the Royal Forest Department of Thailand and held in conjunction with Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2025.

Venue

Shangri-La Chiang Mai (Thailand) and online.

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Purpose of APFC

To advise on the formulation of forest policy and to review and coordinate its implementation on the regional scale; to exchange information and advise on suitable practices and action in regard to technical problems, and to make appropriate recommendations in relation to the foregoing. 

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Session Documents

APFC/2025/REP	Report of the Thirty First Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
APFC/2025/1 Rev.1	Provisional Agenda
APFC/2025/2	Session Theme: Healthy Forests Feed the Future
APFC/2025/3	State of forestry in Asia and the Pacific
APFC/2025/4	Advancing Sustainable Forest-based Bioeconomy Approaches in Asia and the Pacific
APFC/2025/5	Report of follow-up activities to the recommendations and decisions of the Thirtieth Session of the Commission
APFC/2025/6	Update on global processes and initiatives of relevance to the Commission
APFC/2025/7	Input to FAO Governance and Recommendations to the Twenty-eighth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 28)
APFC/2025/INF.1	Information Note
APFC/2025/INF.2	Provisional timetable
APFC/2025/INF.3	List of Documents

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Rules of Procedure

Adopted at the Fifth Session (1960) and amended at the Sixth (1962), Tenth (1977) and Twenty-second (2008) Sessions. 

RULES OF PROCEDURE 

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Membership

Open to all Member Nations and Associate Members of FAO, whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the Asia-Pacific Region as defined by the Organization, or who are responsible for the international relations of any non-self-governing territory in that Region. Membership comprises such eligible Nations as have notified the Director-General of their desire to be considered as Members.