Project/activity information

The aim of the V Latin American Forestry Congress is to help strengthen the forestry sector in Latin America by promoting a discussion forum to assess the current status of knowledge of forestry issues as well as achievements in sustainable forest management in the region as the only way to ensure the availability of resources for present and future generations, with the participation of researchers, managers, forest policy-makers, affected communities and other stakeholders involved in the forest and environmental sectors in Latin America.

To this end, the V Latin American Forestry Congress (CONFLAT) will be organised with a view towards evaluating the situation in each of the Latin American countries, and the continent as a whole, as regards issues such as forests and climate change; degraded areas and reforestation; progress in sustainable forest management; international timber markets, value-added processing and environmental services; and forest governance; as well as identifying successes and failures and the future technological and human resource training requirements in the region. In other words, the congress will involve a first-hand evaluation of the current status of forestry in Latin America and what is currently being done or can be done, so as to effectively contribute to sustainable development in the Latin American Region. Thus, this congress will also be a follow-up of the previous CONFLATs (two of which were previously financed by ITTO).

CONFLAT V will conclude with an analysis of the sector in accordance with the various themes and discussion groups. Proceedings will be published and widely disseminated throughout Latin America.