RECOFTC takes part in high-level discussions at the United Nations Forum on Forests

Tehran, Iran  - The Secretariats of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) jointly organized the Expert Meeting on Enhancing Regional and Sub-Regional Involvement in the Work of the International Arrangement on Forests (IAF) on 26-28 September 2016 in the ECO Secretariat, Tehran. The Meeting was actively participated by the delegates from regional and sub-regional organizations and processes, including UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), African Forest Forum (AFF), African Union Commission (AUC), Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization(ACTO), Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFnet), Forest Europe-Liaison Unit Bratislava (FE-LUB), Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC), Tehran Process Secretariat for Low Forest Cover Countries (TPS for LFCCs), UNFF and ECO.

At the meeting, participants deliberated on the outcomes of the Eleventh Session of the Forum (UNFF11) held in May 2015, as well as the relevant elements of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the UN in September 2015, and explored concrete ways and means to enhance involvement of regional and sub-regional organizations. For more information, see: http://eco.int/ftproot/Press_Rls/2016/Sep/26I.htm