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.

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	Analysis and evaluation of reports from all relevant organs, organizations, programmes and institutions
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
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