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

Nonetheless, we are beginning to find our way through the forest.

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.

and including through strengthening forest law enforcement and governance to this end

(p)bis. Further recognizing the need for increased investment in sustainable forest management, including through the reinvestment of revenues generated from the forest of reinvesting revenues generated from timber related trade back into the forest

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).

welcoming FAO's work on global forest information and monitoring, assessment and reporting on forests, including through the Global Forest Resources Assessment and the State of the World's Forests,

(h) Enhance bilateral, regional and international cooperation to address illicit international trafficking in forest products through the promotion of forest law enforcement and good governance at all levels

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

The woman escaped through a window of her home, then hid in a nearby forest until daybreak.

(i) Strengthen, through enhanced bilateral, regional and international cooperation, the capacity of countries to combat effectively illicit international trafficking in forest products, including timber, wildlife and other forest biological resources

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

We have the means already in our hands, through a structure, through a mechanism, called REDD Plus a scheme for the reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

Information on sources of finance has been made available through the online CPF Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management.

All take somewhat different approaches and offer different recommendations, making it hard for policymakers to see the forest through the trees.

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

Forest products, coffee, palm oil, palm heart and natural rubber grown under ecologically sustainable agro forestry and forest management systems, processed and marketed through agro industries with farmer participation, have proved to be the most viable alternatives.

It offers the prospect of enhanced social and economic development through diversification and expansion of opportunities for sustainable use of forest resources.

Medvedev's decision to suspend construction of a highway through the Khimki forest near Moscow in the face of widespread civic protest was important.

In most regions, the Regional Forestry Commission meets every two years, reporting on issues of regional significance to the global forest community, through the FAO Conference and through the FAO Committee on Forestry.

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.

(p) Further recognizing the need for increased investment in sustainable forest management, including through reinvesting revenues generated from forests including timber related trade

CPF members refer to the annual progress reports that they provide through the CPF Framework and to their work on streamlining forest related reporting.

A few provided estimates of the time period over which the estimated carbon uptake would occur through afforestation, reforestation, forest protection and woodland creation.

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.

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

When addressing climate change through forestry measures, other aspects of sustainable forest management (economic, social and ecological) should be taken into consideration.

Indonesia is now clarifying its forestry regulations and policies, harmonizing regulations among departments, and building shared perceptions among stakeholders through the national forest programme.

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

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

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.

The transition to decentralization can be supported through the existence of national and sub national forest policies, transparency, the presence of stable, democratic institutions, and broad based agreements through transparent, stable and coherent committees or stakeholder processes.

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.

The Viphya Forest to the south of the city is the largest man made forest in Africa.

(l) Strengthen mechanisms that enhance sharing among countries and the use of best practices in sustainable forest management, including through freeware based information and communications technology

Most non governmental organizations involved in the international forest policy debate think that multi stakeholder dialogues are inappropriate vehicles through which to channel civil society's views.

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

(t) Promote and strengthen public understanding of the importance of and the benefits provided by forests and sustainable forest management, including through public awareness programmes and education

Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest) waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest in North Carolina.

Sustainable forest management

Sustainable forest management

Silence reigned in the forest.

It aims to increase equity, efficiency, effectiveness and democracy as well as to improve forest management and sustainability, achieved through the sharing of benefits, experiences and responsibilities.

Enhance forest based economic, social and environmental benefits, including by improving the livelihoods of forest dependent people

Forest resources can be a fuel for conflict but they can also be used to help promote peace and stability, playing an integral role in reconstruction and peace building, for example by offering opportunities for building community capacity and trust through forest restoration projects.