Events
Past events
4/11
2019
7/11
2019
Joint Session of the 40th European Forestry Commission and the 77th UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry
Geneva (Switzerland), 04/11/2019 - 07/11/2019
Created in 1947, the European Forestry Commission (EFC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis. It meets every two years.
European Forest Week
29/10
2019
31/10
2019
SW4SW Regional Dialogue in Africa
Johannesburg (South Africa), 29/10/2019 - 31/10/2019
The Johannesburg event was the second regional dialogue in Africa, following on from the regional dialogue for francophone Africa held in Cameroon 28-30 May 2019. The purpose of the regional dialogues is to raise awareness and build capacity to increase contributions of wood value chains to sustainable development and climate change mitigation. The Johannesburg dialogue brought together key ...
25/9
2019
27/9
2019
32nd Session of the EFC Working Party on Management of Mountain Watersheds
Innsbruck (Austria), 25/09/2019 - 27/09/2019
The session focused on the protective functions of forests in mountain watersheds in a changing climate. Forests provide many services; some of these are protective functions that are important for humans and the environment. Mountain forests indeed play an important role in actively protecting from avalanche detachment, hindering landslides, stopping rockfall, preventing erosion and reducing r...
9/9
2019
12/9
2019
2/9
2019
6/9
2019
XV World Forestry Congress
XVI World Forestry Congress will be held in 2027.