Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Biosphere - WBGU

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tion for ecological and social concerns in the forest
areas designated for economic use. Here, there
are a range of proposals from forest scientists and
NGOs (eg selective logging, soil-friendly extraction,
maintaining the ‘green roof’, leaving seed
bearers standing, preferential use of native species
for replanting, protection of watercourses, etc).
• Further development of an internationally
accepted system of certification for sustainable
timber production (Box E 3.3-8).
• Consideration of nature conservation quotas (ie
not just criteria oriented exclusively on the technicalities
of logging) and possible negative ecological
and social consequences during the entire
product chain (also includes processing in other
countries).
• Strengthening democracy, transparency and other
forms of good governance in order to roll back the
influence of interest lobbies and corruption (eg
when concessions are being awarded).
• Strengthening the transparency of forest policy
measures.This relates both to the improvement of
the data and scientific foundations and also the
procedural forms and objectives (national environment
and forest plans).
• Search for new interest coalitions and alliance
partners (eg in the NGOs, trade unions, representatives
of forest dwellers, etc) for as cooperative a
political style as possible in the area of forest use
and protection (Section E 3.9). Creation of communication
forums for various user and interest
groups. Securing land use rights. Search for solutions
based as far as possible on the principle of
subsidiarity.
• Break down subsidies and trade barriers that were
erected to protect inefficient domestic timber
companies.
• More restrictive concession awards for logging
(stricter environmental conditions, higher charges,
better controls, regulation of yield per unit area).
• Design the award of concessions and ownership
rights in such a way that self-interest/-ownership
in sustainable use is promoted (eg longer terms for
a concession).
• Development and implementation of national forest
laws with a forest protection component. Gradated
and ecologically sound conservation and
use concept with core and use zoning (bioregional
management, Section E 3.9).
• Improved financial, legal and organizational
capacities for forest and conservation authorities.
Training measures to integrate the sustainability
idea into the forest administrations. Capacity
building by industrial countries.
• Improved international forest policy (Section
I 3.4.4 and Chapter K). Inclusion of selected tropical
wood species in the CITES Appendices (Section
D 3.1).
• Improvement of research and data on forest
ecosystems and sustainable forest use. Broader
communication of the results to include the education
system.