FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO)

22nd Committee on Forestry (COFO), FAO’s headquarters in Rome, Italy (Photo source: FAO)

The Committee on Forestry is the highest Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forestry statutory body. COFO holds its biennial sessions in FAO's headquarters in Rome, Italy. It brings 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.

Focal Office:: Forestry Management Bureau (FMB)
Date Ratified:
Focal Persons:: Focal Point
HON. RAMON J.P. PAJE
Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Tel. Nos. - (632) 920 4352 / 926 2688 / 926 2535 / 925 8275

Alternate Focal Points
HON. DEMETRIO L. IGNACIO, JR.
Undersecretary for Field Operations
Department for Environment and Natural Resources
Tel. Nos. - (632) 926 1004 / 928 4969
FOR. RICARDO L. CALDERON
Director
DENR - Forest Management Bureau
Tel. Nos. - (632) 928 9313 / 927 4788
Status / Updates:: The 22nd Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 22) reviewed the state of world's forests with emphasis on socio-economic benefits including income, employment, ownership, and management rights. In this context, it examined forest policy measures that promote sustainable production and consumption, access to resources, markets, financing equitable benefit sharing, and valuation of forest products and services.

COFO 22 provided opportunities for member countries to consider ways of promoting the contributions of forests to global developmental objectives and ensuring they feed into global negotiation process such as the devleopment of SDGs.
Latest Activities:: Committee on Forestry-22nd Session back-to-back with 4th World Forest Week, 23-27 June 2014, FAO HQ in Rome, Italy - Attended by UndersecretaryIgnacio (Field Operations) and Director Calderon (FMB)
Sources / Relevant Links:: http://www.fao.org/forestry/57758/en/

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