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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Established 1945 in Quebec First Headquarters in Washington DC Moved to Rome in 1951 190 member countries. FAO structure. FAO in the world regional and subregional forestry officers. Regional officer. Subregional officer.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) • Established 1945 in Quebec • First Headquarters in Washington DC • Moved to Rome in 1951 • 190 member countries

  2. FAO structure

  3. FAO in the worldregional and subregional forestry officers Regional officer Subregional officer

  4. Committee on Forestry(COFO) • Established in 1970 • Meets every two years • 600 participants, 130 countries • 90 Heads of Forestry

  5. Regional ForestryCommissions Established between 1947 – 1959 • Africa • Asia-Pacific • Latin America and Caribbean • Europe • Near East • North America

  6. NAFC / COFAN • 3 members: Canada, Mexico, USA • 23 meetings starting in 1961 in Mexico City • Host country is rotated • Head of Forestry in host country is NAFC chair • Host country selects date and place • Last 2 meetings: Veracruz, Vancouver • Next meeting: San Juan, PR, June 2008 • All working groups are invited

  7. NAFC Working Groups • Fire management: 1961 • Insects and disease: 1961 • Genetic resources: 1963 • Silviculture: 1976 • Atmospheric change: 1984 • Forest products: 1994 • Inventory, monitoring, assessment: 2000 • Watershed management: 2002 • Invasive plants: 2006

  8. Defunct Working Groups • Wildlife • Recreation • Engineering • Remote sensing • Multiple-use forestry • Multilingual vocabulary • Light-frame structures • Neotropical migratory species

  9. Other NAFC changes • Title change from “forestry” to “forest” • French added as a third official language • Change from “working groups” to “study groups” and back • First 8 meetings held in capital cities, recent meetings have been in field locations

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