Sustaining forests : a development strategy
Annotation The World BankA'-s Forests Strategy, adopted in October 2002, charts a path for the BankA'-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 BankA'-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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1 online resource (xvi, 80 pages)
9781417514908, 9780821383469, 9786610085279, 9781280085277, 1417514906, 0821383469, 6610085277, 1280085274
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Appendixes; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1 Challenges and Realities in Forests; CHAPTER 2 The Forest Strategy: Proposed Bank Action; CHAPTER 3 Implementing the Strategy: Building Effective Partnerships; CHAPTER 4 Implementing the Strategy: Incentives, Selectivity, and Deliverables; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English