20th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO)/2nd World Forest Week

COFO 2010 will focus on, inter alia: the Global Forest Resources Assessment; forest biodiversity, fire and water in the context of climate change; emerging opportunities and challenges in forest finance and forest governance; programme priorities for FAO's forestry activities; and the International Year of Forests 2011.  

dates: 4-8 October 2010   venue: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters   location: Rome, Italy   contact: FAO Forestry Department   phone: 39-06-5705-3925   fax: 39-06-5705-31 52   e-mail: COFO2010@fao.org   www: http://www.iisd.ca/fao/cof20/