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.

d. National forest policy and programs

Formulation and implementation of national forest programmes

Decentralization in the forest sector should not be implemented in isolation from a general national forestry strategy such as national forest programs.

(l) Integrate national forest programmes, or other strategies for sustainable forest management, as referred to in paragraph 6 (a) above, into national strategies for sustainable development, relevant national action plans and poverty reduction strategies

Despite substantial progress in the formulation and implementation of national forest policies, deforestation and forest degradation continue at an alarming rate.

CPF members explain that they have facilitated national forest programmes in a number of important ways, including through the National Forest Programme Facility and the Programme on Forests (PROFOR).7

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.

A forest around the site was also planted by the Jewish National Fund.

National forest programmes have also become vehicles for meeting commitments under international agreements.

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.

Epping Forest is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 855 km northwest of Brisbane.

Contrary to the other national parks in Finland, Koli National Park was originally governed by the Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla.

There is a need to explore ways to use available ODA for the forest sector more effectively in promoting sustainable forest management and building respective national capacities.

To achieve this, national forest programmes or similar frameworks should include clear statements explaining why forest related activities are a priority and why external funding is justified.

In addition, considerable efforts are being made to improve natural forest management and recover forest loss through the Forestry Incentives Programme of the National Forestry Institute (INAB).

Some progress has been made to achieve the integration of the principles of sustainable forest management into country policies and programmes, such as national forest programmes or similar strategies.

One major group points out that national forest programmes are a constructive tool for translating relevant IPF IFF proposals to the national level.

CPF members state that, increasingly, national forest programmes are seen as an effective tool for cross sectoral and participatory policy making and for translating international forest related commitments into practice.

To ensure coherent efforts at the national level, clear linkages between national forest programmes and other plans, including poverty reduction strategy papers, are essential.

would raise political awareness and strengthen political commitment needed for support of international and national forest policies.

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.

(w) Promote active and effective participation by major groups, local communities, forest owners and other relevant stakeholders in the development, implementation and assessment of forest related national policies, measures and programmes

(f) Promote complementarity among national forest programmes and action plans under the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development related Conventions to further mainstream sustainable forest management in cross sectoral policies

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located within the Lincoln National Forest.

Action by CPF members has included the National Forest Programme Facility, the work of PROFOR and capacity building.

The effective implementation of forest sector decentralization may depend on a basic national consensus regarding decentralization in general.

They could also underpin national forest programmes, criteria and indicators and the issues related to governance and law enforcement

(c) Strengthen the vertical linkages between forest policy development and dialogue at the global, regional, national and local levels.

Measures taken to combat deforestation and forest degradation include the development and implementation of national forest programmes (and similar frameworks), management guidelines, financial encouragement, removal of perverse incentives for deforestation and public information campaigns.

Forest certification can help exporters to demonstrate that their forest products derive from sustainably managed sources and many countries report considerable progress in that regard, often associated with the development of national certification standards.

To analyse the implications of decentralization in key aspects of forest management for the development of national forest programmes (nfps) and to identify strategies that would allow such programmes to effectively address this issue.

the Source Book developed by CPF in collaboration with the National Forest Programme Facility (hosted by FAO) is a valuable source of information on sources of funds and the type of forest related activities supported.

(g) Further develop and implement criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management that are consistent with national priorities and conditions

Specific criterion (ii) The extent to which countries have developed and started to implement national forest programmes or equivalent processes

A large number of countries have national forest programmes or equivalent processes that take account of relevant IPF IFF proposals.

Countries have committed themselves to intensifying national efforts and strengthening bilateral, regional and multilateral collaboration to address forest related crime.

In October 2003 the National Forest and Park Service announced that it was preparing a further logging plan in Paadarskaidi.

In October 2003, the National Forest and Park Service announced that logging will take place there in the near future.

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

A large proportion of the range is well protected as part of various national parks, notably the Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park, and Aoraki Mount Cook National Park or protected areas such as Lake Sumner Forest Park.

The focus was on interfaces among government stakeholders at national, cantonal and community levels, and between public and private forest owners.

Country led initiative in Support of UNFF on Decentralization, Federal Systems in Forestry and National Forest Programs (27 30 April 2004)

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.