Jagdeo to chair FAO forestry committee

FAO Director General Jose Graziano Da Silva (left) meeting Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo (Photo via GINA)

Former President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo was on Monday elected as the Chairman of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) 22nd Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) for the period 2014-2016.

COFO is one of the FAO’s governing bodies with over 130 member countries and which deliberates on global forestry issues, a release from GINA said yesterday.

The 22nd Session of COFO is being convened in Rome, Italy from 23-27 June 2014 and among the key issues for