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Trees connecting people: in action together - International meeting

Meeting proceedings, Bogotá, Colombia, 29 July to 1 August 2008

Year of publication 2009

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Document

Category Working paper

Series title Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO organized an international meeting on urban and peri-urban forestry (UPF) in Bogotá, Colombia, from 29 July to 1 August 2008. The theme was Trees Connecting People: In Action Together. The event convened more than 50 experts and local authority representatives from institutions around the world specialized in related disciplines, such as forestry, agriculture, urban planning, bioenergy, disaster risk management and community development. The main objective was to build institutional collabor ation and initiate a programme of work in line with FAO’s mandate, paving the way towards durable and informed contributions to the concept of Forests and Trees for Healthy Cities: Improving Livelihoods and Environment for All.

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