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INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON FORESTS (IWGF) REPORT

THE CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL TYPES OF FORESTS

The issue

The task to evaluate the progress of UNCED in relation to management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests falls to the CSD, the body responsible for evaluating the implementation of Agenda 21.

The need and the utility of internationally agreed criteria and indicators that demonstrate and characterize management, conservation, and sustainable development of all types of forests has been recognized in the Forest Principles, in Chapter 11 of Agenda 21 as well as in the Convention on Biological Diversity. New processes and initiatives have taken place to define the concept of sustainability and to promote sustainable forest management. These have been stimulated by the UNCED agreements by growing concern about possible global warming and forest degradation.