The Committee on Forestry (COFO) will convene its 25th session virtually from 5 to 9 October 2020. The event was preceded on 22-25 June 2020 by a COVID-19 Forestry Webinar Week.

Along with the 7th World Forest Week, COFO 25 will explore the contributions that the forest sector can make to the SDG Decade of Action as well as to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, including on solutions for climate change, biodiversity and people. Two flagship reports will be presented: The State of the World’s Forests 2020 report and the Global Forests Resources Assessment 2020.

COFO is the highest FAO Forestry statutory body. It holds biennial sessions at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. Participation in COFO is open to all FAO member countries.