Committee on Forestry

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FAO statutory body forestry policy committee intergovernmental body

The Committee on Forestry is a key intergovernmental body within the Food and Agriculture Organization that guides global policy and cooperation on sustainable forest management and related issues.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
FAO Committee on Forestry	2
Committee on Forestry canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2999520 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Forestry
Context triple: [Technical Committees of FAO, hasMember, Committee on Forestry]

A. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry is a specialized body within the Bavarian state parliament responsible for legislation, oversight, and policy development related to farming, rural development, and forest management in Bavaria.
B. Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a UK government department responsible for protecting, expanding, and promoting the sustainable management of forests and woodlands.
C. World Forestry Center
The World Forestry Center is a nonprofit museum and educational institution in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to global forestry, conservation, and sustainable management of forest resources.
D. Forest Management Bureau
The Forest Management Bureau is a government agency in the Philippines responsible for the conservation, development, and sustainable management of the country’s forest resources.
E. Forest Division
The Forest Division is a unit within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs that focuses on international forest policy, sustainable forest management, and related environmental and developmental issues.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Forestry
Target entity description: The Committee on Forestry is a key intergovernmental body within the Food and Agriculture Organization that guides global policy and cooperation on sustainable forest management and related issues.

A. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry is a specialized body within the Bavarian state parliament responsible for legislation, oversight, and policy development related to farming, rural development, and forest management in Bavaria.
B. Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a UK government department responsible for protecting, expanding, and promoting the sustainable management of forests and woodlands.
C. World Forestry Center
The World Forestry Center is a nonprofit museum and educational institution in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to global forestry, conservation, and sustainable management of forest resources.
D. Forest Management Bureau
The Forest Management Bureau is a government agency in the Philippines responsible for the conservation, development, and sustainable management of the country’s forest resources.
E. Forest Division
The Forest Division is a unit within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs that focuses on international forest policy, sustainable forest management, and related environmental and developmental issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FAO statutory body ⓘ forestry policy committee ⓘ intergovernmental body ⓘ
affiliation	United Nations system ⓘ
composition	government representatives ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Convention on Biological Diversity bodies ⓘ United Nations Forum on Forests ⓘ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ⓘ surface form: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change processes
field	climate change and forests ⓘ forest conservation ⓘ forest governance ⓘ forest policy ⓘ forest products and services ⓘ forest-based livelihoods ⓘ forestry ⓘ natural resources management ⓘ sustainable forest management ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Rome ⓘ surface form: Rome, Italy
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
meetingFrequency	biennial ⓘ
meetsAt	FAO headquarters ⓘ
memberType	FAO member countries ⓘ
parentOrganization	Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ surface form: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
role	advises FAO on its forestry programme ⓘ coordinates with other international forest-related processes ⓘ facilitates exchange of information and best practices on forest management ⓘ guides global policy on forests ⓘ promotes international cooperation on forestry ⓘ provides a forum for policy dialogue among member countries on forestry ⓘ reviews progress in implementing international forestry commitments ⓘ supports integration of forests into sustainable development agendas ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
shortName	COFO ⓘ
topic	community-based forest management ⓘ deforestation and forest degradation ⓘ forest and climate change adaptation ⓘ forest and climate change mitigation ⓘ forest biodiversity ⓘ forest education and capacity development ⓘ forest finance ⓘ forest fire management ⓘ forest law enforcement ⓘ forest resources assessment ⓘ forest restoration ⓘ forest tenure and rights ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Technical Committees of FAO → hasMember → Committee on Forestry ⓘ

Committee on Forestry Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds → parentBody → Committee on Forestry ⓘ

this entity surface form: FAO Committee on Forestry

Committee on Forestry Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds → advises → Committee on Forestry ⓘ