Grassland to forested land Cropland to forested land Wetland to forested land Settlement to forested land.

Issues relating to table 5.A Forest land

With the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, control of Scotland's forest estate passed to the Government of Scotland.

Disagreements among different levels of government have contributed to uncontrolled logging and degradation of forestlands.

Some participants considered that a trust fund could also be considered, but any approach adopted should be independent from UN headquarters in order to be accessible to the members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).

Total forest area

Out of the forested land, 14.4 of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6 is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.

(a) Causes of depletion of energy sources. Increasing pressure on agricultural land due to a growing world population has led to encroachment on forest reserves.

FDA remains in place, auditing concessionaires' forestry practices and tax assessments.

The international community, in particular the Liberian Forest Initiative, provides technical assistance and training and builds FDA capacity.

In the framework of the forest resources assessment, FAO has prepared and published reliable information on their forest resources.

(c)bis Committee on Forest Industry and

Stronger coordination of forest policies

The Okavango Delta is one of the major semi forested wetlands in Botswana and one of the largest inland deltas in the world it is a crucial ecosystem to the survival of many animals.

Model Forest Network for Latin America and the Caribbean. Partners of the Model Forest Network include the Governments of Canada, Argentina, Chile and the Dominican Republic, the International Model Forest Network secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

UNMIL and FDA are planning to evict them.

(d) Forestry research support programme for Asia and the Pacific (FORSPA)

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

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

Farmers are developing markets for forest residues and other wood by products.

The provision of information to GFIS builds on agreements with a broad range of forest related institutions giving them wider opportunities to disseminate information.

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

Other projects focused on livestock breeding and promoting forest species nurseries.

The Board of Directors of FDA has not approved a budget, nor has it appointed an independent financial manager.

In many cases Parties quantified the sizes of their forest areas.

(c) Technical material databases on the forestry and forest industry sector.

Land use, land use change and forestry

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.

State owned forests and forest land is 81 per cent and private owned is 19 per cent.

CPF itself has significant research capability, in members such as the Center for International Forestry Research, the World Agroforestry Centre and the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations.

The validity of trade in sustainable forest products, both domestic and international, must be recognized.

Agriculture When adjusting emissions from agricultural soils, preference should be given to tier 1.a methods as provided in the IPCC good practice guidance.

At the regional level, partnerships, such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development, the Congo Basin Forest Partnership and the Asia Forest Partnership have proved to be an effective catalysing force.

Coordination of forest policies is needed to ensure some degree of consistency among the different international policies and programmes that directly or indirectly concern forests and the forests products sector.

Land use (percent of total land) ____________

(a) (c) Committee on Finance and Administration

Others are experimenting with efforts to raise productivity and quality in the area of forest products.

The Panel has received no audited financial statements from FDA.

Civil society oversees all forestry activities and the operations of any management organization.

Others are experimenting with efforts to raise productivity and quality in the field of forest products.

Source Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations forest resources assessment 1990 project.

The result will be conservation and the regeneration of forest resources in the fragile mountain ecosystem.

Land resources

(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

The civilian police trained 164 enforcement officers for FDA and some have been deployed, but they do not have the capacity to enforce forestry regulations, despite their willingness to enter into duty (see S 2004 955, annex VII).