The purpose of this conference is to: set an agenda for the next four to five years to ensure that forest management is contributing to poverty alleviation and livelihoods of those who depend on forests; identify the role of forests, forest communities, enterprises and administration in advancing poverty alleviation and economic development; and to strengthen existing and build new strategic networks of key stakeholders to advance tenure, market and policy reforms.  

dates: 3-7 September 2007  
location: Bangkok, Thailand  
contact: Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC)  
phone: 66-2-940-5700  
fax: 66-2-561-4880  
e-mail: conference@recoftc.org  
www: http://recoftc.org/site/index.php?id=445