Assessing the International Forest RegimeRichard Tarasofsky IUCN, 1999 - 156 pages Provides an assessment of the international forest regime, in reponse to calls from many quarters, including the UN Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF) and the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, as well as several NGOs. The focus is mainly on action taken by countries at the global level, in the framework of legally binding instruments and institutions. It builds on previous analyses of the international forest regime by looking beyond the legal mandates to begin exploring the actual performance of the components against their mandates. With the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) Proposals for Action as the point for departure, the effectiveness and impact of individual legal instruments and global instutions are analyzed, as is the potential for synergy between them. |
Contents
Findings | 10 |
3 | 31 |
the Role of | 37 |
CBD Action to Date on Forests | 43 |
Issues and Challenges Affecting Consideration of Forest Biological Diversity under | 55 |
Conclusions | 61 |
a Preliminary Review | 63 |
Indigenous Peoples | 70 |
Climate Change | 87 |
Introduction | 97 |
Introduction | 113 |
Appendix 2 | 137 |
List of Acronyms | 155 |
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