Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation
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| Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation | |
|---|---|
| Duration: | 1992 - 2000 |
| Scope: | Global |
| Policy area: | Forests and forestry |
| Legal status: | Non-legally binding |
| Type of instrument: | Regulatory |
| Form of instrument: | Action plan |
| Language: | English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. |
| URL: | Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | United Nations |
| Country(ies): | USA |
| Date: | 10/4/2011 |
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment. It reflects a global consensus and political commitment at the highest level on developmental and environmental cooperation. Chapter 11 of Agenda 21 aims to combat deforestation by addressing the following four areas:
- The multiple role and functions of all types of forests
- Protection, sustainable management and conservation of all types of forests
- Forest good and services
- Capacity-building
| Objective | To strengthen forest-related national institutions, to enhance the scope and effectiveness of activities related to the management, conservation and sustainable development of forests, and to effectively ensure the sustainable utilization and production of forests' goods and services in both the developed and the developing countries |
| Target | Conservation and management of forest resources |
| Policy and/or legal framework | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) |
| Monitoring, assessing and reporting | Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | CGIAR, FAO, ITTO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNIDO, ITTA, IPF/IFF |
| Main formal decision making body | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| Main implementing body | National governments,international and national organisations, European Economic Community |
| Keywords | Conservation, sustainable management, deforestation, afforestation, multiple functions of forests |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| All | All | Forest resources, Gross value added, Forest biodiversity |
