Such income, from the sale of non timber forest products, can be particularly important for rural women.

The work of the Forum, and the objectives of sustainable forest management, are inextricably linked to sustainable consumption and the production of timber and non timber forest products.

(a) To promote sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests, taking into account the contribution of non timber forest products and ecological services to sustainable forest management and

(e) Information supplied by members on their progress towards the establishment of control and information mechanisms regarding illegal harvesting and illegal trade in tropical timber and non timber forest products.

(e) Information supplied by members on their progress towards the establishment of control and information mechanisms regarding illegal harvesting and related trade in imports of tropical timber and non timber products.

In agroforestry systems, trees or shrubs are intentionally used within agricultural systems, or non timber forest products are cultured in forest settings.

(a) The needs of members for assistance in achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

(a) The needs of members for assistance in achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

(d) Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources

This poses considerable challenges, given the difficulty of identifying the sources of processed timber products.

Well, mass timber panels, these new products that we're using, are much like the log.

Improving marketing and distribution of tropical timber and tropical forest products and timber products exports from sustainably managed and legally harvested sources, including promoting consumer awareness and encouraging information sharing on private voluntary market based mechanisms

In 2004, UNIFEM, in collaboration with non governmental partners, piloted an initiative in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India to improve the livelihoods of rural women in the non timber forest products sector.

The Bali Partnership Programme is hereby established, to enhance the capacity of members to achieve exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed forests.

Certification of origin of timber and timber products, chain of custody systems and voluntary codes of conduct are important tools in combating illegal practices in forestry.

2quater Non timber forest products mean goods of biological origin other than wood that are derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests excluding genetic resources

E. Non metallic mineral products

Section 3 implements the ban on import of all round logs and timber products originating in Liberia.

Promoting better understanding of the contribution of non timber forest products and ecological services to the sustainable management of tropical forests and cooperating with relevant institutions and processes to this end

(o) Noting that timber is an energy efficient, renewable and environmentally friendly raw material compared with competing products

Wood products, paper products, hides and furs, and non metallic mineral products also contribute to manufacturing totals.

(b) Providing a forum for consultation to promote non discriminatory timber trade practices

Where forests play a critical role in enabling people to cope with poverty, their rights should be safeguarded by providing and securing tenure and access to wood and non timber forest products.

(o) Promoting better understanding of the contribution of non timber forest products and ecological services to the sustainable management of tropical forests and cooperating with relevant institutions and processes to this end

Nothing in this Agreement authorizes the use of measures to restrict or ban international trade in, and in particular as they concern imports of, and utilization of, timber and timber products.

The direct or indirect import of all round logs and timber products originating in Liberia into Norway is prohibited.

The direct or indirect import of all round logs and timber products originating in Liberia into Norway is prohibited.

Where forests play a critical role in enabling people to cope with poverty, their rights should be safeguarded by providing and securing of tenure and access to wood and non timber forest products.

2. Further processing means the transformation of logs into primary wood products, semi finished and finished products made wholly or almost wholly of tropical timber and transformation of other forest products to give them added value

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Innovative approaches have included working closely with communities to develop solutions, such as agroforestry systems, which can help meet future needs for wood and non timber forest products within the context of broader livelihood requirements.

(h) Reaffirming their commitment to moving as rapidly as possible toward achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources (ITTO Objective 2000) and recalling the establishment of the Bali Partnership Fund

(h) Reaffirming their commitment to moving as rapidly as possible toward achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources, ITTO Objective 2000, and recalling the establishment of the Bali Partnership Fund

Indeed, non sustainable products should be phased out gradually.

In practice, however, constraints of accessibility, technology and institutional arrangements cause local and regional shortfalls in supply that put pressure on some forests for unsustainable levels of harvesting of wood (including fuelwood and non timber forest products).

Even this basic level of subsistence is threatened where tenure rights are insecure often forest laws deny or limit the right to use wood and non timber forest products, or rights of access and residence are denied.

Timber Agreement, 1994,

Subprogramme 7 Timber

So we plant it later, along the waterways to filter the water, provide the raw products just in time for when the timber becomes available.