24 September 2012, Rome, Italy - (Left to right) Pieter Willem Mulder, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa, Hasan Mahmud, Minister for Environment and Forestry, Bangladesh, Izabella Monica Vieira Teixeira, Minister for Environment, Brazil, FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva, Anders Lonnblad, Chairperson, Eduardo Rojas Briales, Assistant Director-General (Forestry Department), Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Control Desertification (UNCCD), Sven Alkalay, Executive Secretary, United Nation Economic Commission for Europe, Peter Csoka, Secretary COFO, COFO 21st session, Opening Ceremony, Plenary Hall, FAO headquarters.