This biennial meeting offers a policy and technical forum for countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region to discuss and address forest issues. Government officials from forestry and other sectors are encouraged to attend, as are representatives of NGOs, private industry and other organizations dealing with forest-related issues in the region.  

dates: 9-13 September 2013   location: Georgetown, Guyana   contact: Brenda Hivy Ortiz-Chour   e-mail: hivy.ortizchour@fao.org   www: http://www.fao.org/forestry/31106/en/