Commonwealth Forestry
Conferences - A brief history
The Commonwealth
Forestry Conferences are held approximately every four years. Past
locations were:
1 1920 United Kingdom
2 1923 Canada
3 1928 Australia and New
Zealand
4 1935 South Africa
5 1947 United Kingdom
6 1952 Canada
7 1957 Australia and New
Zealand
8 1962 East Africa
9 1968 India
10 1974 United Kingdom
11 1980 Trinidad and Tobago
12 1985 Canada
13 1989 New Zealand
14 1993 Malaysia
15 1997 Zimbabwe
16 2001 Australia
17
2005 Sri Lanka
The earlier
conferences were lengthy (often as much as six weeks long in the days of
sea travel) and spent much time on discussing country progress and
technical developments. Since 1968 there has been more focus on specific
topical themes in addition to the country reports, and the dates,
locations and subjects of the conferences since then are as follows:
1968
India (New
Delhi)
Theme:
"Changing Objectives of Forest Management"
1974
United Kingdom
Theme:
"The Forest and Global Environment"
1980
Trinidad and Tobago
Theme:
"Forestry’s Contribution to Social and Economic
Development"
1985
Canada (Victoria)
Theme:
"Investment in Forestry - The Needs and Opportunities"
1989
New Zealand (Rotorua)
Theme:
" Forestry - A Multiple-Use Enterprise"
1993
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Theme:
" People, the Environment and Forestry - Conflict or
Harmony?"
1997
Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls)
Theme:
"Forestry in a Changing Political Environment: Challenges for the 21st
Century"
2001
Australia
(Fremantle)
Theme:
"Forests in a Changing Landscape"
2005 Sri Lanka
(Colombo)
Theme: "Forestry’s
Contribution to Poverty Reduction"
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