National forest program
A National Forest Program (NWP) is a socio-political dialogue between all relevant interest groups, which aims to promote sustainable forest management within the framework of sustainable development . It is an instrument for the implementation of international, legally non-binding forest policy obligations. National forest programs are therefore developed by all countries that are involved in international forest policy.
history
The idea of national forest programs goes back to the resolutions of UNCED in 1992, the conference in Rio de Janeiro on sustainable development. In the final document of this conference, Agenda 21 , four forest principles were formulated. In order to implement these forest principles, a number of proposals for action had to be developed. To this end, the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) was set up between 1995 and 1997 and the subsequent establishment, the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF), between 1997 and 2000. The result was the International Arrangement on Forests (IAF) . The IAF's mandate is to “promote the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political support for this purpose”. This is the framework in which national forest programs are developed.
After 2000 the IFF was transformed into the United Nations Forest Forum (UNFF) in an institutionalized forest policy dialogue. Together with the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) , it forms the pillars of the NWP.
General principles
An NWP is subject to the following principles:
- National sovereignty and responsibility in the use of resources
- Consistency with the constitutional and legal framework of the country.
- Consistency with international agreements and conventions.
- Participation of all interested groups.
- Holistic and intersectoral approach.
- Long-term and iterative process.
The National Forest Program for Germany
National forest programs are being formulated and implemented in a growing number of countries around the world. In Germany, the National Forest Program was launched in 1999 by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) and attempts to discuss the environmental, social and economic values of the forest. The NWP serves as an instrument to implement these resolutions while safeguarding national interests in Germany. The NWP has the highest level of transparency and intersectoral participation (i.e. participation of actors from all relevant areas) as a guideline. The negotiations take place in the form of round tables.
The different phases of the NWP in Germany
1st phase : In the first phase from 1999 to 2000, the fields of action to be discussed, the initial situation and the relevant actors were identified.
2nd phase (2001–2003): Due to criticism of the first phase, on the one hand the subject areas were not sufficiently deepened, on the other hand there were no concrete objectives and task allocation among the actors, a guideline was developed which contains quite concrete procedures . In addition, the effectiveness and binding nature of the decisions of the NWP should be increased.
3rd phase (2004–2006): This is followed by the so-called monitoring phase . In this, the implementation of the project is to be critically observed and documented.
4th phase : follows on from the monitoring phase . Evaluation of the monitoring results and further development of what has been achieved so far.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BMZ information brochure ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
