Ten Countries Join Forestry Meeting in Bali

Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Ten countries sent delegates to a forestry meeting on "MegaFforlorestais, the Architecture of Forest Governance in the 21st Century" in Nusa Dua, Bali.

The participating countries included China, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, the United States, and Congo, the forestry ministry`s Planology Director General Bambang Soepijanto said here on Monday.

Last year, a similar MegaFlorestais ("those with the greatest forests") meeting was organized in Mexico, he said.

Indonesia has the world`s third largest forest area after Brazil and Congo.

MegaFlorestais is an informal network of forest agency leaders from the world`s largest forested countries, dedicated to advancing international dialogue and exchange on forest governance and public forest agency reforms.

Members represent 70 percent of the world`s forests and include Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, , Mexico, Peru, Russia, and the United States. (*/M038)