Improve regional and international discussion and collaboration on forest policy and technical issue.

 

Mid-term Objectives and Programmes

The Forestry Department of FAO will continue to serve as Task Manager for Agenda 21, Chapters 11 and 13, and will be the lead agency for the International Year of Mountains in 2002. It will continue to give administrative support and policy and technical inputs to the international dialogue on forests, including the Inter-governmental Forum on Forests (IFF) and its successor arrangements. FAO will continue to support the informal, high-level Inter-agency Task Force on Forests (ITFF), especially through the development of joint programmes and projects with other members. It will also continue to provide technical support to the Convention to Combat Desertification, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Global Climate Change (including the Kyoto Protocol). If requested, it will provide technical inputs or advice regarding a possible forest instrument. FAO will continue to facilitate regular meetings of its Committee on Forestry, six Regional Forestry Commissions, five Statutory Bodies and two Panels of Experts in the field of forestry.

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