(p) Create, develop or expand, and maintain networks of protected forest areas, taking into account the importance of conserving representative forests, by means of a range of conservation mechanisms, applied within and outside protected forest areas

Rehabilitation and conservation strategies for countries with low forest cover

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

Forest conservation and protection of unique types of forests and fragile ecosystems

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

Under the right circumstances, decentralization enhances efficiency, equity and participation in forest management and conservation.

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.

There are also areas of dipterocarp primary forest.

In national forest programmes and related biodiversity strategies increasing emphasis is given to conservation and the management of environmentally critical areas, although in several reports submitted by the least developed countries, the problem of resource constraints is stressed.

Most forest areas are in Central, Eastern and Western parts of Bosnia.

Turkey submitted forest statistics, photographs, videos and maps of the relevant areas.

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.

Food safety in rural areas Agro processing Information exchange soils, climate and conservation agriculture.

The main constraints blocking effective action are undoubtedly the overwhelming superiority of vested interests controlling forest resources and the equally grave lack of political will manifest in governmental attitudes towards forest conservation and sustainable use.

Instruments aimed at tackling market failure and offering incentives to provide benefits such as watershed protection, biodiversity conservation, recreation and carbon sequestration would contribute to sustainable forest management, as well as socially more optimal forest activities.

Many countries have significant areas of ecologically important forest under some form of legal protection.

The use of the participative approach in experiments for managing forest areas offers many challenges.

(j) Biological diversity To support the conservation of natural areas, habitats and wildlife, and minimize damage to them

Governments could also influence how tourism contributes to the conservation mission of all type of protected areas by

c) the conservation of forested and other catchment areas and the coordination and planning of water resources development projects,

Incentive frameworks linking conservation with productivity and income in rural areas should be systematically developed and target local entrepreneurs.

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.

In the rural areas of developing countries, forests and the forest industries may enhance employment and income generation.

States shall cooperate with each other in the conservation and management of living resources in the areas of the high seas.

(q) Assess the conditions and management effectiveness of existing protected forest areas with a view to identifying improvements needed

Other activities are taking place in areas such as sand dune fixation, forest management and the promotion of agroforestry.

Furthermore, the level to which tourism contributes to the conservation of protected areas also depends on the ability of protected areas managers' to set up fruitful relationships with the private sector.

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

Several Parties referred to the need for protection of forest areas, through targeting forests under stress, forest expansion, for example through development of appropriate plantations, and the preservation of genetic resources and biological diversity.

There are limitations of decentralization with respect to formal protected areas. However, conflict can be reduced if the role of protected areas in the landscape becomes the focus of national conservation strategies rather than simply increasing the number of protected areas.

New sustainable uses of the oceans, including the conservation and management of the biological diversity of the seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction

Activities cover such areas as information, awareness creation, reforestation, water and soil conservation, regeneration of rangelands, ecotourism and the promotion of renewable energies.

Appropriate allocation of roles and responsibilities between central and local governments and the devolution of certain responsibilities to actors outside governments can contribute to equitable, efficient and sound forest management and conservation.

Recent developments in close to nature forest management provide a model for a decentralized system that can yield good biodiversity conservation, consistent with the ecosystem approach adopted by the Convention on Biodiversity.

Nevertheless, beyond marketing, there is a need for conservation and processing of products in order to reduce wastage and provide food security during the period between harvests, particularly in the forest zone.

(b) Report of the Secretary General Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (resolution 59 24, sect. X)

However, the (non binding) expanded programme of work on forest biological diversity contains three elements conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing an enabling institutional and socio economic environment and knowledge assessment and monitoring.

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

The international community has continued to focus over the past year on issues relating to navigation, the conservation and management of living marine resources, and the conservation and management of the biological diversity of the sea bed in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Soil conservation.

The MASPFE therefore plans to take account of forest dwelling women in its training programme for the conservation and processing of food products, as has been done with women in Basse and Haute Guinée.

Encouraging members to develop national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of timber producing forests and their genetic resources and maintaining ecological balance at strengthening forest law enforcement and governance to this end

Where there are extensive areas of public forest, the focus has been on setting concession rents and royalty rates to reflect market prices.

These cover such issues as chemical wastes and integrated approaches to the management of coastal areas and the conservation and management of marine resources and ecosystems.