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INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON FORESTS (IWGF) REPORT

b) At the international level

1. International co-operation should play a positive role in the recognition of the external benefits provided by forests in such fields as the environment, trade, etc.

2. International co-operation should play a more active role in the prevention of natural or man-made disasters, such as acid rain, forest fires, floods and landslides.

3. International cooperation should examine the relationship between trade in forest products and products from the agricultural and livestock sector, the competing land use demand for each and the possible effects on the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.

4. International organizations, NGOs and multinationals active in the forest sector should facilitate a better understanding of forestry issues and their linkages with other sectors of the economy and of the ecological, environmental, social and cultural benefits provided by forest resources. These organizations should also contribute to developing an understanding and systematic observations of changes in patterns of consumption of forest products, their possible replacement by alternative products and the effects on the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.

5. The FAO meeting of Forestry Ministers in March 1995 in Rome will afford an opportunity to send a strong political message regarding the decisive influence of policies of other sectors on the capacity of the forest sector to conserve forests and sustainably maintain their contribution to development, including in other sectors.