Recommendation N°19. Strengthening of forestry law at the national, regional and international level
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The Meeting:
Aware that forests, in the richness of their diversity, support ecological processes which are indispensable for maintaining all forms of life;
Alarmed at the continued high rate of loss and degradation of the world’s forests, despite the notable expansion of reforestation;
Convinced that the capacity of forests to satisfy the global needs of humanity cannot be maintained in the long term except by the sustainable and equitable management, in the interest of present and future generations, from the ecological, economic, social, cultural and spiritual points of view;
Welcoming the significant progress of forestry law achieved at the national level through the many legislative reforms undertaken by numerous States, and convinced of the necessity to pursue such efforts to adapt, improve, complement, update and enforce the national legal frameworks relating to forests in all countries;
Appreciating the importance, from this perspective, of the Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests, adopted in 1992 by the Nations United Conference on Environment and Development;
Welcoming the results achieved in the framework of the United Nations Forum on Forests and under the International Arrangement on Forest, which led to the adoption in 2007 of the Non-legally Binding Instrument on all Types of Forests by the General Assembly of the United Nations;
Noting the rising trend for consumer countries to impose direct or indirect restrictions on the import of forest products to ensure legal logging and sustainable management of forests; Bearing in mind that there is still no global convention, of general scope, applicable to all the forests which the planet relies on, and noting the persistent divergences in opinion on the desirability to develop such a convention, both between States and amongst non-government actors;
Convinced that a global forestry convention would provide a sound legal basis for good governance and increased cooperation for the conservation and development of forests, and also enhance synergies among existing conventions dealing with related areas, in order to foster sustainable development, the fight against poverty, the preservation of biodiversity and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions;
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a dialogue should be initiated, in a constructive spirit, to bring positions closer...
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