(y) Enhance access by households, small scale forest owners, forest dependent local and indigenous communities, living in and outside forest areas, to forest resources and relevant markets in order to support livelihoods and income diversification from forest management, consistent with sustainable forest management.

(s) Promote the development and application of scientific and technological innovations, including those that can be used by forest owners and local and indigenous communities to advance sustainable forest management

(m) Noting that enhancing the capacity of forest dependent indigenous peoples and local communities, including those who are forest owners and managers, can contribute to achieving the objectives of this Agreement

(h) Create enabling environments to encourage private sector investment, as well as investment by and involvement of local and indigenous communities, other forest users and forest owners and other relevant stakeholders, in sustainable forest management, through a framework of policies, incentives and regulations

(v) Support education, training and extension programmes involving local and indigenous communities, forest workers and forest owners, in order to develop resource management approaches that will reduce the pressure on forests, particularly fragile ecosystems

The Coalition (formerly known as the NGO Forest Working Group) was established in 1995 to bring the views of non governmental organizations and indigenous peoples' organizations to the various international forest policy forums and negotiations.

The establishment of rights for indigenous people and local communities is prerequisite for improving the livelihoods of these millions of forest inhabitants.

Encouraging members to recognize the role of forest dependent indigenous peoples and local communities in achieving sustainable forest management and develop strategies to enhance the capacity of these communities to sustainably manage tropical timber producing forests and

(p) Encouraging members to recognize the role of forest dependent indigenous peoples and local communities in achieving sustainable forest management and develop strategies to enhance the capacity of these communities to sustainably manage tropical timber producing forests and

These processes are also directing efforts towards the development and implementation of criteria and indicators relevant for the forest management unit, involving a range of partners, including forest owners, indigenous communities, non governmental organizations and the private sector.

For example, the integration of local and indigenous communities in sustainable forest management has strengthened the implementation of the IPF IFF proposals for action.

Forest applications include forest area estimation and mapping, forest monitoring, forest fire assessment and forest management.

One major group highlights the initiative led by indigenous peoples concerning traditional forest related knowledge as an example of a partnership resulting from the Forum another suggests that a new partnership could be formed to raise the profile of international forest politics in higher education.

(k) Enhance and facilitate access to and transfer of appropriate, environmentally sound and innovative technologies and corresponding know how relevant to sustainable forest management and to efficient value added processing of forest products, in particular to developing countries, for the benefit of local and indigenous communities

The funding is preparing them, for example, to develop monitoring systems and build support and awareness among local communities and indigenous peoples for a fresh start to forest management.

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

There is a need to safeguard customary and legal rights, in particular in instances where forest resources are important for peoples' livelihoods, as is the case for many indigenous communities.

secure political priority at the national level address pressures on forests improve participation from forest practitioners and other constituencies, particularly women, indigenous peoples and local communities facilitate implementation of UNFF agenda in the context of realities in individual countries enhance economic benefits from forests in general, with particular attention to forest dwellers and forest dependent people increase the contribution of forests towards poverty reduction.

Forest operations and the forest industry provide employment and income to millions of workers and forest dwellers.

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

While forest biodiversity continues to decline as a result of deforestation, forest degradation and associated fragmentation of forest habitats, strong efforts are now being made to reverse this trend by restoring the forest functions in degraded forest landscapes.

C. Greater recognition of sustainable forest management and forest products trade

Worse, if such a convention failed to consider the underlying causes of forest loss lack of recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, unsustainable consumption and production patterns and unsustainable financial and timber trade flows it could entrench, rather than alleviate the impact of, the factors that are the driving forces of deforestation and forest degradation.

Forest fiscal reform provides opportunities to increase revenues generated from forest resources.

However, they are likely to differ in forest rich and forest poor countries.

In Bolivia, there has been a shift in authority over forests from the central government to municipal governments, recognition of indigenous peoples' property rights and a reallocation of some public forest from central to municipal levels.

Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation

In addition, there should be emphasis on another key area of concern for the sector, besides deforestation and forest degradation, namely, the lack of recognition of indigenous peoples and communities that live in and depend on forests.

Sustainable forest management

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Asia Forest Partnership.

A forest may consist either of closed forest formations where trees of various storeys and undergrowth cover a high proportion of the ground or open forest.

b Confederation of European Forest Owners, FERN Forest Peoples' Programme, and workers and trade unions.

Notable developments in the integration of local and indigenous communities have included the establishment of community based management and ownership initiatives that are intended to generate income for local use and promote local responsibility for sustainable forest management.

Furthermore, scientific knowledge, lessons learned and experiences of how forest activities improve the livelihoods of poor people need to be brought to the attention of the international forest community and, more importantly, of other forums and United Nations bodies, including the Economic and Social Council and the Commission for Social Development, as well as the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Indigenous children's education and indigenous languages

In complementary development of forest production a multi purposeful interest of sustainable forest development is sought.

One Forest, Two Tigers

Extent of forest resources.

Forest health and vitality.

Financing sustainable forest management

Traditional forest related knowledge

Forest related scientific knowledge

Forest health and productivity

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