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management and should be involved in a transparent and participatory way in forest
decision-making processes that affect them, as well as in implementing sustainable
forest management, in accordance with national legislation;
(d) Achieving sustainable forest management, in particular in developing
countries as well as in countries with economies in transition, depends on
significantly increased, new and additional financial resources from all sources;
(e) Achieving sustainable forest management also depends on good
governance at all levels;
(f) International cooperation, including financial support, technology
transfer, capacity-building and education, plays a crucial catalytic role in supporting
the efforts of all countries, particularly developing countries as well as countries
with economies in transition, to achieve sustainable forest management.
III. Scope
3.
The present instrument applies to all types of forests.
4.
Sustainable forest management, as a dynamic and evolving concept, aims to
maintain and enhance the economic, social and environmental values of all types of
forests, for the benefit of present and future generations.
IV.
Global objectives on forests
5.
Member States reaffirm the following shared global objectives on forests and
their commitment to work globally, regionally and nationally to achieve progress
towards their achievement by 2015:
Global objective 1
Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest
management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and
increase efforts to prevent forest degradation;
Global objective 2
Enhance forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits, including
by improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent people;
Global objective 3
Increase significantly the area of protected forests worldwide and other areas
of sustainably managed forests, as well as the proportion of forest products from
sustainably managed forests;
Global objective 4
Reverse the decline in official development assistance for sustainable forest
management and mobilize significantly increased, new and additional financial
resources from all sources for the implementation of sustainable forest management.
V.
National policies and measures
6.
To achieve the purpose of the present instrument, and taking into account
national policies, priorities, conditions and available resources, Member States
should:
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