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The
North American Forest Commission (NAFC) is one of six
regional forestry commissions of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
. Established in 1958, NAFC provides a policy and
technical forum for Canada, Mexico and the United States
to discuss and address forest issues on a North American
basis.
NAFC
carries out its mandate by supporting research and
natural resource management activities through nine
working groups that explore issues of concern to the
three countries. These working groups include: atmospheric
change, fire
management, forest
products, insects
and diseases, silviculture,
forest
inventory and monitoring, forest
genetic resources, and watershed management. Since Canada, Mexico and the
United States contain a mix of boreal, temperate and
tropical ecosystems, the results of the commission's
work can be applied more broadly to assist other
countries and regions facing similar conditions.
In mid June, the Commission met in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The report of the Commission is now online. |
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