Egypt’s Ministry of Environment took part in the 15th edition of World Forestry Congress (WFC), the world‘s largest gathering of foresters, that kicked off its five-day meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday.

The Egyptian participation in the gathering came in the run up to COP27 due to be held in Sharm El Sheikh late this year.

The Egyptian delegation to the gathering was led by Dr. Ali Abu Senna, CEO of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency on behalf of Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad.

Abu Sennah said the event discussed effects resulting from deforestation and its impact on climate change in addition to the roles of the government and persons towards forests.

He said that Egypt presented a paper to the gathering on managing and developing environment systems worldwide.

The WFC is the most influential global forestry gathering, held every six years under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said The Korea Herald newspaper.

It’s the first time the WFC has been held in South Korea, and it is also the first time in 44 years that the congress is being held in the Asia-Pacific region. It was last hosted in the region by Indonesia in 1978.

The congress is designed to allow people from the world’s forestry sector to strengthen international cooperation with forest supporters and related partners.

Source: State Information Service Egypt