mprovements in science and technology are communities environmental groups, the private critical to the sustainable management of sector and civil society, coupled with forests, woodlands and trees, and to their international efforts that began with the United

he term\biological diversity\entered the part of the broader set of criteria and indicators for public vocabulary only about 15 years ago, sustainable forest management but its arrival signalled a new and more Conserving biological diversity is an ethical comprehensive approach to conservation, bringing imperative because all life has a right to exist, and er information, knowledge, awareness, humans should not knowingly cause any loss of ethics, forestry, protected areas

the role of forests ependable freshwater supplies and the Technologies exist to deal with water scarcity, ability to cope with the extremes of toolittle and to some extent with the effed cts of or too much water are requisites for sustainable hydrometeorological extremes (Brooks et al, human dev ater 1997). If they are to be turned into solutions, scarcity issued at the end of the twentieth century several constraints must be overcome, including

PART II SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR Forests and poverty alleviation his chapter focuses on the role of forests, chapter specifies two types of poverty alleviation particularly natural ones, in poverty associated with forest resources, as seen at the

policy dialogue n the years following the United Nations Facility in bringing about positive change with Conference on environment and regard to capacity building, information sharing Development(UNCED ), ongoing and often and knowledge management is also intensive international debate on forest policy underscored. In conclusion, the chapter

Institutional framework n recent years, the forest sector has undergone stakeholders in forestry; the recent emphasis on a fundamental transformation, largely as a ond food security and poverty alleviation; and the result of restructuring, downsizing, changes in need to comply with legally binding ownership and increased recognition of the commitments multiple benefits that forests One of the For the most part, however, education is not most significant trends

development of forests A s forests are complex ecosystems requiring which the unique role of forests is recognized, balanced and sustainable management, one partnerships between and among countries from of the main challenges today is to reconcile the the north and the South are the basis on which often conflicting priorities of those who depend on Joint Implementation and the Clean Development them for a whole range of goods and services. It is Mechanism are built

Forest resources n 2001, FAO published the Global Forest close collaboration among international Resources assessment 2000 forest-related processes such as those related most comprehensive such survey ever to criteria and indicators for sustainable undertaken. Largely based on information forest management; provided by the countries themselves and a the involvement of countries remote sensing survey of tropical countries

Forest resources Global forest resources assessment gricultural expansion and deforestation Mangrove conversion and conservation Management, conservation and sustainable development of forests Role of planted trees in developing countries with low forest cover findings from six case studies Mountain forests and sustainable mountain development Forests and wooded lands in the mediterranean basin

ration and Use: A Seminar via Interne Analysis of two alternative harvesting systems hosted by the World Bank, July 2000. The in peninsular Malaysia: sensitive analysis of conferenceWebsiteiswww.worldbank.org/ Alexander, m. rowell, T.A. 1999. Recent anagement Inc., Washington, DC. developments in management planning and Brown, S, Sathaye, J, Cannel, M.& Kauppi, P. monitoring on protected sites in the United 1996. Management of forests for mitigation of