Sustaining Forests: A Development StrategyWorld Bank Publications, 2004 M05 1 - 88 pages The World Bank's Forests Strategy, adopted in October 2002, charts a path for the Bank's proactive engagement in the sector to help attain the goal of poverty reduction without jeopardizing the environmental values intrinsic to sustainability. This strategy replaces the Bank's 1991 Forestry Strategy, and was developed on the basis of the findings of an independent review of the 1991 strategy and a two-year consultative process with development partners and stakeholders around the world. The revised strategy, Sustaining Forests, is built on three guiding pillars: harnessing the potential of forests to reduce poverty, integrating forests into sustainable economic development, and protecting global forest values. Recognizing the key role forests play in contributing to the livelihoods of people living in extreme poverty, government and local ownership of forest policies and interventions are emphasized along with the development of appropriate institutions to ensure good governance and the mainstreaming of forests into national development planning. The strategy also aims to support ecologically, socially and economically sound management of production forests by ensuring good management practices through application of safeguard procedures and independent monitoring and certification. Implementation of the strategy will center on building and strengthening partnerships with the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other donor agencies to promote better forest conservation and management at country and global levels. |
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... Initiatives for Diverting Highways away from Biodiversity Reserves A - 21 Regional Consultation Schedule A - 54 A7.2 Principal Issues from Regional Consultations A - 55 A8.1 Analytical Studies Topics A - 59 A9.1 World Bank Commitments ...
... Initiatives for Diverting Highways away from Biodiversity Reserves A - 21 Regional Consultation Schedule A - 54 A7.2 Principal Issues from Regional Consultations A - 55 A8.1 Analytical Studies Topics A - 59 A9.1 World Bank Commitments ...
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... initiatives in third- party certification and monitoring that have been developed since the previous OP was adopted in 1993. This new approach requires all forest harvest- ing and management operations financed by the World Bank to be ...
... initiatives in third- party certification and monitoring that have been developed since the previous OP was adopted in 1993. This new approach requires all forest harvest- ing and management operations financed by the World Bank to be ...
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... initiatives and organizations involving civil society and the private sector . The risks associated with this approach are discussed under the general section on risks toward the end of this summary . In addition , all Bank - supported ...
... initiatives and organizations involving civil society and the private sector . The risks associated with this approach are discussed under the general section on risks toward the end of this summary . In addition , all Bank - supported ...
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... initiative . Partnerships . The approach adopted in this strat- egy is heavily dependent on new partnerships , espe- cially PROFOR , and these carry reputational and institutional risks for the Bank . As detailed in chapter 4 , a number ...
... initiative . Partnerships . The approach adopted in this strat- egy is heavily dependent on new partnerships , espe- cially PROFOR , and these carry reputational and institutional risks for the Bank . As detailed in chapter 4 , a number ...
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... initiatives require the World Bank to bring forest issues more deeply into the poverty reduction and sustainable development agendas . The 1992 Rio Earth Summit process has closely linked environmental concerns with sustain- able ...
... initiatives require the World Bank to bring forest issues more deeply into the poverty reduction and sustainable development agendas . The 1992 Rio Earth Summit process has closely linked environmental concerns with sustain- able ...
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