16-20 March 2009, FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy

Organiser: FAO

“Forests in a changing world”

The Committee on Forestry (COFO) is the highest FAO Forestry statutory body. The biennial sessions of COFO (held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy) bring together heads of forest services and other senior government officials to identify emerging policy and technical issues, to seek solutions and to advise FAO and others on appropriate action. Other international organizations and, increasingly, non-governmental groups participate in COFO. Participation in COFO is open to all FAO member countries.

This year’s themes are sustainable forest management and climate change and institutional change in a dynamic world. Other COFO agenda items include FAO Strategy for Forests and Forestry and State of the World's Forests 2009 as well as policy and information sessions

More information available at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/cofo/en/