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
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.

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	Ecological, biological, climatic, socio-cultural and economic contributions of forest resources through conservation and management, prepare and implement, national forestry action programmes ensuring sustainable management
Monitoring, assessing and reporting	Analysis and evaluation of reports from all relevant organs, organizations, programmes and institutions
Keywords	Conservation, sustainable management, deforestation, afforestation, multiple functions of forests

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Forest resources and carbon, Biodiversity, Health and vitality, Socio-economic functions, Productive functions, Protective functions, Overall policies, institutions and instruments for sustainable forest management	All	Forest resources, Gross value added, Forest biodiversity