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INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON FORESTS (IWGF) REPORT

Options

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The following were identified as options for early action by the CSD:

§ encouraging an appropriate existing body to undertake the studies enumerated above;

§ encouraging the NFAP process, including the definition of national targets and timetables for increasing forest area and improving forest quality;

§ encouraging an appropriate existing international body to develop guidelines to assist countries to establish comprehensive national networks of forest areas conserved for biological diversity as contributions to an international network which would build upon the existing work of IUCN, UNESCO and others;

§ promoting the establishment of national and global networks of forests managed for multiple use by communities and indigenous people for community survival;

§ recognising of the value of a global network of Model Forest Sites and encouraging nations to build upon this initiative;

§ mobilising international resources and cooperation in support of these networks;

§ promoting high quality management and protection of forest resources by various incentives, including the pricing of forest products, and by encouraging further involvement of other stakeholders, such as local communities, the private sector and development banks;

§ the promotion of the multiple roles and functions of forests.