Legal status

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EFI related policy instruments and policy processes can have three different legal status, which influences...

Non-legally binding

Policy processes

• A Natural Resource Strategy for Finland
• Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation
• Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
• European Commission (EC) Climate Action
• FOREST EUROPE
• Finland's National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
• Long-Term Climate and Energy Strategy
• National Forest Programme
• National Strategy and Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Finland 2006-2016
• National Strategy for Mires and Peatlands - Proposal
• Proposal for a National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species
• The Montreal Process
• The national strategy for sustainable development

Policy instruments

• Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation
• EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy
• EU Biodiversity Action Plan
• Strasbourg Declaration

Legally binding

Policy processes

• Alpine Convention
• Carpathian Convention
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Irish National Climate Change Strategy

Policy instruments

• Act on Trade in Forest Reproductive Material
• Act on the Financing of Sustainable Forestry
• Act on the Prevention of Insect and Fungi Damages in Forests
• Alpine Convention
• Carpathian Convention
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law
• EU Timber Regulation
• Forest Act
• French Forest Law
• National Sustainable Development Strategy

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