Organized by the FAO, CATIE and others, this conference’s objectives include: developing a common understanding of the actual and potential role of small and medium forest enterprises in poverty reduction strategies and sustainable forest management; sharing lessons learned in development of forest enterprises, focusing on critical factors such as value chains; and identifying opportunities to strengthen the political legal and institutional frameworks to enable environments for successful small and medium forest enterprise development.  

dates: 23-25 May 2006  
location: Turrialba, Costa Rica  
contact: Jason Donovan, CATIE  
e-mail: jdonovan@catie.ac.cr  
www: http://www.catie.ac.cr/econegociosforestales/conference