Out of the total area of Bosnia and Herzegovina (5,113,000 hectares), forests and forest land account for 53 per cent (2,700,770 hectares or 0.71 hectares of forest and forest land per capita).

Figure 11 Proportion of land area covered by forest (2004)

For example, pressures to use forest land for agriculture and grazing and to exploit forest products at an unsustainable level may be rooted in poverty and in some places, owners may face pressures to sell forest land for building development.

With regard to community land and forest rights, forest management should be devolved to community control community land and forest ownership should be legalized criteria and indicators for certification should be strengthened and markets should be designed that recognize local rights.

The reports raise the issue of pastoral land rights from the point of view of access to forest and pastoral land.

Large quantities of land, forest and farms are being cut and turned into charcoal.

In English land law, it was illegal to assart any part of a royal forest.

This is all Forest Service land. If you go up on top of those cliffs, that's some of the Long Now land in those trees.

Productive functions of forest resources. At the global level, the capacity of forests and the amount of land suitable for forest restoration is theoretically sufficient to meet the growing demand for forest products in the near to mid term.

State owned forests and forest land is 81 per cent and private owned is 19 per cent.

The underlying causes of deforestation include the demand on forest land for agriculture, grazing and human settlements the growing demand for timber and forest products and a range of biotic and abiotic factors that adversely affect forest health and vitality.

The issue of land rights for those in forest areas was one the Government took very seriously, and a comprehensive land reform exercise was under way.

Forest cover declined from 70 of the country's total land area in 1900 to about 18.3 in 1999.

Encouraging members to support and develop tropical timber reforestation, as well as rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forest land, with due regard for the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources

These experiments are conducted in sectors such as agriculture, stockbreeding, water resources, sanitation, land management, forest protection and energy.

(j) Encouraging members to support and develop tropical timber reforestation, as well as rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forest land, with due regard for the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources

Of that total, 3,374,328 hectares were forest concessions, 973,101 hectares were economic land concessions and 268,316 hectares were mining concessions.

Develop or clarify land use and forest policies, with the involvement of all stakeholders, particularly those at the local level.

Moreover, investing in forest conservation and sustainable land use is one of the most cost effective means of mitigating climate change.

As a result of our conservation efforts, Bhutan has successfully maintained 72.5 per cent of its land area under forest cover.

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

At the national level, important developments have included the formulation and implementation of national forest programmes and reforms in national legislation dealing with forests, land use and natural resources, as well as decentralization and the devolution of forest management to communities.

As a result, there is often too little incentive for investment in sustainable forest management when compared with other land uses or other sectors.

Forest operations and the forest industry provide employment and income to millions of workers and forest dwellers.

(j) Noting the role of good governance, clear land tenure arrangements and cross sectoral coordination in achieving sustainable forest management and legally sourced timber exports

(a) Causes of depletion of energy sources. Increasing pressure on agricultural land due to a growing world population has led to encroachment on forest reserves.

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

While forest biodiversity continues to decline as a result of deforestation, forest degradation and associated fragmentation of forest habitats, strong efforts are now being made to reverse this trend by restoring the forest functions in degraded forest landscapes.

Several reports stress the need for better water management for the rehabilitation of developed land, combined with the management of pastoral and agricultural forest pastoral lands.

C. Greater recognition of sustainable forest management and forest products trade

Forest fiscal reform provides opportunities to increase revenues generated from forest resources.

While the native Mbuti and Bantu peoples traditionally respect the forest and its wildlife, immigrants into the area do not feel the same connection to the land.

According to official data, 34 per cent of the land was covered in forest in 1991 and in 2004, the percentage had risen to 40 per cent.

In many countries, customary laws and practices allow women to access land and enable them to engage in and benefit from agricultural, livestock and forest based production.

However, they are likely to differ in forest rich and forest poor countries.

Safe journey, Albert Chinualumogu Achebe Be our eyes in the land of the dead While we be your eyes in the land of the living A great Iroko has fallen The birds are scattered in the forest Good night, Ogbuefi Achebe

Forests and terrestrial ecosystems Forest management and conservation were seen by several Parties as important to protect watersheds, combat land degradation and desertification, preserve species and sequester carbon.

2quater Non timber forest products mean goods of biological origin other than wood that are derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests excluding genetic resources

Sustainable forest management

Sustainable forest management

Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation

Here's Danny Hillis in the midst of a bristlecone pine forest on Long Now land. I should say that the age of bristlecones was discovered, led by a theory.

After centuries of unsustainable use, as well as rapidly escalating forest destruction since 1950, less than 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi) or 10 of Madagascar's land area remains forested.

The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.