23 March 2009
FAO’s Committee on Forestry Calls for Implementing SFM to Tackle Climate Change
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22 March 2009: The 19th session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Committee on Forestry (COFO) convened from 16-20 March 2009, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The meeting attracted over 550 participants from COFO member States, including heads of forestry departments, UN agencies, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.

In plenary sessions held […]

19th session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on Forestry (COFO)
22 March 2009: The 19th session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Committee on Forestry (COFO) convened from 16-20 March 2009, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The meeting attracted over 550 participants from COFO member States, including heads of forestry departments, UN agencies, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. In plenary sessions held throughout the week, participants discussed: the FAO Strategy for Forests and Forestry; the Collaborative Partnership on Forests’ Strategic Framework on Forests and Climate Change and related topics, including sustainable forest management (SFM) and climate change; forest genetic resources; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; access to financing; the impacts of recent economic turbulence on the forest sector; and preparations for the XIII World Forestry Congress.

Regarding SFM and climate change, the report of COFO-19, as adopted during the closing plenary, welcomed the Collaborative Partnership on Forests’ Strategic Framework for Forests and Climate Change, which emphasizes the need for countries and international organizations to work to implement SFM as an effective framework for forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation. In the report, the Committee also urged members to deliberate on national and international responses of the forestry sector to climate change and recommended that FAO and other organizations strengthen members’ capacities to implement SFM, such as in developing effective responses to climate change. [IISDRS Coverage] [Meeting Website]

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