WCFSD
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development

Completed

Type of Structure:	committee / commission
Regional Scope :	global
Parent Organisations :	UN
Child Organisations :
Duration :	1995 to 1997 COMPLETED
Contact Address :	no office contact defined

Objectives of WCFSD:

The commission's working panels:
Panel I: Sustainable Equitable Use and Management of Forests
Panel II: Forest Products, Trade and the Environment
Panel III: Finance, International Agreements and International Institutions

The commission has created:

An independent Science Council of leading global scientists
-How much forest is necessary to maintain our global habitat?
-What will be the impact of global warming on the biodiversity of forests and human welfare?
-How can scientific research contribute to maintaining and increasing the productivity of forests in ways that are both socially and ecologically acceptable?

A Policy Advisory Group of leading global forest policy and environmental researchers
-How will a doubling of the world population and expanding economic development affect global patterns of forest products trade?
-How can policy constraints to expansion of trade be eliminated while forest environmental benefits are preserved?
-How can we improve understanding of the negative impact of inappropriate government taxation and subsidy policies that are an underlying cause of deforestation?



Last update: 1/10/97

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