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 | 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 |
| Policy and/or legal framework | The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) |
| 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 | Commission on Sustainable Development |
| 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 |
