About FAO Committee on Forestry:
- It is FAO’s (Food and Agriculture Organization) highest global intergovernmental body on forestry.
- It guides the organisation’s work and fostering international collaboration, policy dialogue, and technical guidance on forest-related issues.
- It was established by the Conference at its Sixteenth Session in 1971.
- Governance:
- COFO reports to the FAO Council on matters related to programmes and budgets, and to the FAO Conference on policy and regulatory issues.
- Its work is informed by six Regional Forestry Commissions, which review regional forestry priorities and inform global policy discussions.
- Meetings: It convenes biennially (every two years) at the FAO headquarters in Rome,
- It brings together 128 Members, convening ministers, heads of forest services, senior government officials and partner organizations.
- Key Functions of Committee on Forestry:
- It reviews the programmes of work of the Organization in the field of forestry and reviews forestry problems of an international nature, evaluating said problems with a view to concerted action by Member Nations and the Organization.
- It oversees the Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems, which supports the development of a comprehensive understanding of dryland ecosystems.
