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INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON FORESTS (IWGF) REPORT

The sustainable development and management of forests for multiple benefits:

Well managed forests are a renewable resource which should be able to provide goods and services to the many elements of a nation's present and future generations. At one end of the spectrum they supply a wide range of benefits to local communities including indigenous people; at the other they provide the resource base for national socio-economic development . Essential to the concept of sustainable forest development is the maintenance of diverse forest ecosystems which meet human needs while retaining their biological diversity. Good management following this principle involves the balanced provision of all resources, goods and services (including timber, fuel wood, non-wood forest products, genetic resources and the protection of water catchments and infrastructure) while retaining the biological, social and cultural values of the forest.