The First Mediterranean Forest Week was organized in Antalya, Türkiye, hosted by the Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute (SAFRI) from 13 to 16 April 2010. 

During this First Mediterranean Forest Week, a position paper on the contribution of forests and other wooded lands to food security in the Mediterranean was prepared by a panel of experts in the context of the third Enlarged Executive Committee of Silva Mediterranea. The panel of experts comprised Members of the Enlarged Executive Committee of Silva Mediterranea, representatives of research organizations and networks, landowner associations and non-governmental organizations active in the Mediterranean. 

This position paper was prepared to be included as a part of the declaration of the Ministers of Agriculture at the Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on Food security, Agriculture and Rural Development of 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.