A forest may consist either of closed forest formations where trees of various storeys and undergrowth cover a high proportion of the ground or open forest.

Maintaining forest cover to meet present and future needs

Map showing forest cover in the Republic of Guatemala

Rehabilitation and conservation strategies for countries with low forest cover

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

Forest, rubber, and palm oil plantations cover 60 of the island.

Reaffirming the special needs and requirements of countries with fragile forest ecosystems, including those of low forest cover countries,

The 1976 plan called for sustainable logging and basic forest fire control, but war intervened, costing Afghanistan half its forest cover.

Cambodia's primary forest cover fell from over 70 in 1969 to just 3.1 in 2007.

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

Furthermore, the recommendations on sustainable forest management support the preliminary work on the Joint Approach to Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCCs) that is linked to decision 12 COP.6.

There has been an increase in forest cover and in the size of areas dedicated to the protection of biodiversity.

Translating CO2 into an illogical and inefficient measure of forest cover seems intended mainly to ensure that an alarming message results.

Data released by the Ministry of Agriculture showed that the country had a forest cover of 64 as of October 2005.

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

Fuelwood conservation and substitution is of high priority in the African forest sector.

Departments with the largest proportion of forest cover (70 per cent) are Petén (52 ), Alta Verapaz (10 ) and Izabal (7 ) (see map).

A number of participants noted that regional processes have a crucial role in establishing mechanisms for forest related issues, institutional frameworks and international arrangements on forests, such as the Tehran Process for Low Forest Cover Countries.

The production of high quality forest products for international markets can require significant investment in advanced technology.

All four round table sessions will cover the entire agenda of the High level Plenary Meeting.

All four round table sessions will cover the entire agenda of the High level Plenary Meeting.

This was based on using older native forest wood with a high number of growth rings per inch.

There is considerable scope for further collaboration between the international arrangement on forests and the UNCCD in relation to the special needs of countries with low forest cover.

Tehran Process. A strategic plan of action for the Tehran Process is currently being developed by the Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCC) secretariat to strengthen capacity of these countries, and to promote the inclusion of forestry and forest related issues in national development agendas.

Vegetal Fuel and charcoal production was of about 15,022 m³, which meant a very high consumption of forest resources.

The Tehran process remains important the joint CPF report explains that it provides a framework for cooperation and collaboration among its members in regard to low forest cover countries.

In 2005 alone 9,500 hectares are undergoing reafforestation, and the aim is to achieve by 2007 the reafforestation of a total of 44,100 hectares in areas without forest cover.

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

The seventeenth session of the Committee on Forestry held in Rome in March 2005, was preceded by a high level ministerial meeting that addressed international cooperation on forest fire and commitment to sustainable forest management.

Action taken in regard to rehabilitation and conservation includes afforestation programmes and the implementation of detailed operational guidelines aimed at conserving the protective functions of forests in areas of low forest cover.

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

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

increasing decline of ODA and other sources of funding for sustainable forest management due to the lack of importance of forests in the political agenda access ODA, particularly for countries with low forest cover, where several hundred million people live in and around forests and depend on forests for their daily subsistence

During its high level segment, the Forum may wish to consider ways to secure increased finance for sustainable forest management through, inter alia, full acknowledgement of national forest programmes in key development planning processes, including poverty reduction strategies and equivalent mechanisms.

It further notes the high level of immunization coverage and that health services are free and cover all areas of the country.

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.

At the beginning of the 20th century around 420 000 km² or 35 of Ethiopia's land was covered by trees but recent research indicates that forest cover is now approximately 11.9 of the area.

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

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

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Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

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Bhutan is also asking how economic growth can be combined with environmental sustainability a question that it has answered in part through a massive effort to protect the country s vast forest cover and its unique biodiversity.

It both protects and restores the forest cover of peatlands that have become a major source of carbon emissions it provides an effective mechanism for fighting corruption and it improves the effectiveness of official development assistance.