At the margins of the XIV World Forestry Congress (WFC), this dialogue will convene under the theme, 'Forests USE water! And forest ecosystems PROVIDE water!' and focus on the links between water and forests including trade-offs and synergies between water yield and other forest ecosystem services. In addition, a five-year action plan will be launched to support and increase coordinated international and national action on forest-water linkages in science, policy, economics and forest practices. Participants will be able to actively contribute to the debate and to the five-year plan. The dialogue will be hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), which is calling for abstracts, videos and posters.  

dates: 8-9 September 2015  
location: Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa  
contact: Thomas Hofer  
e-mail: thomas.hofer@fao.org  
www: http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/world-forestry-congress/programme/special-events/international-forests-and-water-dialogue/en/
 http://msgfocus.com/files/amf_fao/project_59/December_2014/FOWA-DIAL_announcement_inFO-neewFINAL17Dec.pdf