In addition, there should be emphasis on another key area of concern for the sector, besides deforestation and forest degradation, namely, the lack of recognition of indigenous peoples and communities that live in and depend on forests.

Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, and forestry, is the leading sector of the economy, and 38.4 of the working population is employed in the primary sector.

The loss of potential public revenue from forests can in turn reduce funding for other public sector investments.

Productive functions of forest resources. At the global level, the capacity of forests and the amount of land suitable for forest restoration is theoretically sufficient to meet the growing demand for forest products in the near to mid term.

Paper, for example, typically comes from sustainable forests, not rainforests.

The Forum may also wish to call on countries to create enabling conditions for private sector investments and encourage environmentally and socially responsible investments in the forest sector.

The underlying causes of deforestation include the demand on forest land for agriculture, grazing and human settlements the growing demand for timber and forest products and a range of biotic and abiotic factors that adversely affect forest health and vitality.

(d) Encourage cross sectoral coordination, nationally and internationally, between the forest sector and other sectors, so as to identify and reduce impacts on forests from decisions taken outside the forest sector

Seeing REDD on Climate Change

Reducing demographic pressure on forests.

Scenes of forest destruction, forest harvesting and forest fragmentation, thereby making that intact tapestry of the canopy unable to function in the marvelous ways that it has when it is not disturbed by humans.

We depend on water, forests, deserts, oceans.

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(d) Develop and establish positive incentives, in particular for developing countries as well as countries with economies in transition, to reduce the loss of forests, to promote reforestation, afforestation and rehabilitation of degraded forests, to implement sustainable forest management and to increase the area of protected forests

More than 400 million people who live in or near forests rely on them for subsistence and income.

In order to reverse this trend, it will therefore be necessary to increase forest management and reafforestation and to control the most important factors contributing to forest loss (excessive tree felling, unsuitable planting practices and forest fires among others).

Its cloud forests and lowland rainforests are particularly rich.

Woodlands of the central region provide most of Bhutan's forest production.

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.

3. The present instrument applies to all types of forests.

Forestry and cattle industries are also maintained.

The values and benefits of forests accrue at different scales.

However, the alarming rate of deforestation continues to warrant international attention and there is a need to renew the pledge to combat deforestation and restore forest functions (such as production, protection and conservation) at the landscape level, by rehabilitating degraded lands with, inter alia, forest plantations, and to improve the livelihoods of poor people living in and around forests worldwide as a priority.

(d) Forests

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

(j) Encouraging members to support and develop tropical timber reforestation, as well as rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forest land, with due regard for the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources

Encouraging members to support and develop tropical timber reforestation, as well as rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forest land, with due regard for the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources

While countries can be compensated for planting forests, they cannot be compensated for avoiding deforestation.

Moreover, stopping the destruction of forests is essential, given how much carbon is trapped in them.

The plan aimed at increasing forest harvests by about 3 per year, while conserving forestland for recreation and other uses.

Uganda the New Forest Company, replanting and redeveloping their forests. Why is that important?

Within a year, Rainforest Crunch was on the shelves.

(g) Perverse subsidies and their impact on deforestation and forest degradation

request FAO to work with CPF members and other partners, including through public private partnerships, to help countries build capacity for sustainable forest management and assist them to strengthen their legislation, policies, institutions and programmes, including education and training,

In addressing poverty, hunger and health, attention should be given to the opportunities afforded by forests to help meet the needs of forest dependent people.

It has three main objectives control of illegal logging, control of forest fire, and rehabilitation and reforestation of degraded lands.

On the basis of political and operational priorities, UNMIS has established a full time military observer presence in Juba (Sector I), Wau (Sector II), Malakal (Sector III), Kadugli (Sector IV), Ed Damazin (Sector V), Abyei (Sector VI) and Kassala (redeployment coordination headquarters).

(d) Facilitating cross sectoral coordination nationally and internationally between the forest sector and other sectors in order to reduce negative impacts on forests of decisions made outside the forest sector and to provide broad guidance and assist the development of national policies and legislation.

The challenges of the alarming rate of deforestation and forest degradation remain serious.

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

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,

Some developed countries mention that they are considering reforms of the forest sector and new approaches to forest development based on decentralization and greater involvement by local populations.

Well managed forests also constitute net carbon sinks.

(e) Consider the need for further review of the international arrangement, in order that it continue to be dynamic and adapt to evolving conditions, and consider ways of helping member States to participate actively in such a review.

Forests have deteriorated, due to illegal harvesting and encroachment for agriculture and settlement.13