Sustainable forest management

Sustainable forest management

The reform of forestry policy is introducing two important innovations (i) preparation of forest management plans and (ii) adoption of forest certification and labelling systems.

Many countries report action to improve the use of economic and policy instruments to promote sustainable forest management.

Financing sustainable forest management

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

Progress towards sustainable forest management

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

Setting clear objectives for international forest policy and linking sustainable forest management more closely to the internationally agreed development goals are avenues that warrant careful consideration at the Forum.

International Forest Policy Forum

International trade and sustainable forest management

Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

(b) Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management

Stakeholders at the international, regional, national and subnational levels have attached importance to criteria and indicators as providing a framework for policy formulation and monitoring of sustainable forest management and national forest programmes.

d. National forest policy and programs

stressing that sustainable forest management plays a key role in fire prevention, and fire prevention is a key component of sustainable forest management,

(b) Social impact assessment for sustainable forest management

(e) Forest law enforcement, governance and conflict management

If sustainable forest management is to compete successfully for resources, strong domestic strategic decisions and policy measures are needed to create an attractive investment environment.

C. Emerging and critical issues for 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

On the other hand, illegal forest related activities continue to be a major threat to sustainable forest management.

(c) Articulating the concept of sustainable forest management more clearly

(a) To promote sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests, taking into account the contribution of non timber forest products and ecological services to sustainable forest management and

By 1935, the U.S. Forest Service's fire management policy stipulated that all wildfires were to be suppressed by 10 A.M. the morning after they were first spotted.

Disincentives for sustainable forest management. The Ad Hoc Expert Group on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies also noted that the achievement of sustainable forest management can be greatly hindered by policies established outside the forest sector.

Decentralization processes and the achievement of an appropriate balance between centralization and decentralization of forest related decision making and management are key to making progress toward sustainable forest management.

Forest conservation and management thus are crucial to tackling climate change.

The Executive Secretary stressed that any policy on sustainable forest management must aim at preserving existing forests and ensure that reforestation and afforestation policies were addressed and promoted.

Reverse the decline in official development assistance for sustainable forest management and mobilize significantly increased, new and additional financial resources from all sources for the implementation of sustainable forest management.

we commit ourselves to further improving forest management and intersectoral cooperation in our respective countries and to enhancing regional, including continental, and international cooperation to achieve sustainable forest management worldwide.

(b) Reverse the decline in official development assistance for sustainable forest management and mobilize significantly increased, new and additional financial resources from all sources for the implementation of sustainable forest management

Of particular value is the broadening of the range of stakeholders with an interest in forests and the development of innovative mechanisms for equitable involvement of these stakeholders in the formulation of forest policy and programmes and in forest planning and management.

These factors can make unsustainable practices more profitable than sustainable forest management.

(a) Renewing the commitment to make global progress towards sustainable forest management.

Executive management and policy

Policy issues Chemicals management

A security management policy

There are a number of existing international arrangements that have succeeded in strengthening long term political commitment to sustainable forest management and led to significant improvements in national forest policies, legislative frameworks and standards in line with the principles of sustainable forest management.

(r) Strengthen the contribution of science and research in advancing sustainable forest management by incorporating scientific expertise into forest policies and programmes

Implementation of national forest programmes. The proposals for action have effectively shaped the national forest programmes and their equivalents in many countries, and these national forest programmes have become national institutional frameworks for achieving sustainable forest management.

(e) Achieving sustainable forest management also depends on good governance at all levels

Sustainable forest management must be the cornerstone for any future activity of Governments, industries, forest owners, local communities and civil society at large.

Executive management and policy (EDM)

(a) Developing partnerships aimed at achieving sustainable forest management, including initiatives among Governments, organizations and other stakeholders, both within and beyond the forest sector