The objective of the UNECE/FAO Timber and Forestry programme is to strengthen the forest sector and its contribution to sustainable development throughout the UNECE region. This integrated programme has five work areas, including one on Policy and Cross-sectoral Issues.
The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section undertakes activities in the field of forest policies and institutions, including monitoring of developments, analysis of trends and capacity building. Information collection, exchange and dissemination is facilitated through the UNECE/FAO Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions. It also includes broader cross-sectoral work, for example on forest fires and climate change related issues. Policy forums are organised on important topical issues, in cooperation with Forest Europe (the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe) as appropriate. Cross-sectoral activities are continuously being developed, for instance with the UNECE units responsible for energy, environment and water. Important topics are routinely dealt with in a cross-sectoral way and cross-sectoral work such as climate change, energy, and environment is being developed, as and when appropriate. This work area also includes UNECE/FAO's contribution to the global forest dialogue, notably the activities of UNFF and the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO)
Work area 5 comprises the following programe elements:
- Contribution to the global dialogue on forests
- Monitoring recent developments in forest sector policies, legislation and institutions, including national forest programmes
- Analysing developments in forest sector policies, legislation and institutions including interactions with other sectors
- Organizing policy forums on major topical issuesImplementing sustainable forest management through capacity building for forest policies and institutions
- Exchanging information on improving management of wildland fires
- Improving sectoral and cross-sectoral exchange and communication
- Producing forest and forest product country profiles.
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