The guidelines for national forest plans include recognition and respect for customary and traditional rights of, inter alia, indigenous people, local communities, forest dwellers and forest owners.

Rights to indigenous land, forest and natural resources should be clearly identified in poverty reduction strategy papers documents, the role of indigenous peoples should be specified and the control by indigenous peoples over traditional land, forest, natural resources and decisions on the type of development should be acknowledged.

This is particularly clear for India and Thailand, which recognize traditional forest related knowledge but not indigenous peoples.

(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

Mechanisms that provide opportunities for the participation of indigenous people in the design of national forest programmes and policies

Any new forest owner has the right to restrict or forbid indigenous peoples from using resources in their area.

An interim report to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Russia Federation's forest biodiversity emphasized the crucial role of traditional forest related knowledge in forest protection by indigenous peoples, but recognized that no special measures existed to protect such knowledge.

(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

(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

At the regional level, all and any forest policy formulation should have participation by regional, indigenous peoples' networks and organizations.

In addition, indigenous peoples' forest issues should be addressed as cross cutting issues throughout the United Nations Forum on Forests.

One of the areas in which the proposals for action are strongest from the perspective of indigenous peoples is the numerous times in which countries are encouraged to support and promote the participation of indigenous peoples in national level processes of forest management and forest policy development.

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

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 forest ecosystem and forest resources

Sufficient financial resources should be allocated to indigenous peoples' issues and priorities within the United Nations Forum on Forests system through the establishment of a specific standing agenda item addressing indigenous peoples' forest issues.

According to AFISAF, these two indigenous nomadic peoples are in danger of disappearing owing to exploitation of the forest and legislation prohibiting hunting.

(b) To establish clear examples of the challenges faced by Governments, indigenous peoples, local communities and international forest related agencies in different contexts

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

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

(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.

Forest

Forest

Forest Resources in the Tropical World (forest areas)

Most of the rain and mist forest had been conserved for centuries by the indigenous peoples along with the crucial water catchments of the world.

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

A prior requirement for the recognition of land and resource rights, and of traditional forest related knowledge, is the recognition of the existence of indigenous peoples.

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Forest area

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Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

Overall, traditional forest related knowledge in forest management is not recognized on an equal footing with scientific forest knowledge.

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

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.

Sustainable forest management

Sustainable forest management

Total forest area

(h) Forest degradation

Forest cover 1990

D. Managed Forest

Canada's boreal forest.

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in Miedzyborze forest.