Footprints in the forest - Fern

Annex 2 – PEFC Belgium Charter
CHARTER FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
IN THE WALLOON REGION
PEFC FINLAND: I am just curious to know why this annex has been attached to the
review. I see no logical reasons. Are there any references to it in the text?
At regional level
Public and private forest owners and managers in the Walloon Region have jointly drawn
up a progress plan for the sustainable management of Walloon forests. This notion has
been defined by ministerial conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe, in
Helsinki and Lisbon.
The Walloon Region has an effective mechanism, the Permanent Inventory of Forestry
Resources, which makes it possible to assess the overall state and development of forests
in Wallonia.
The progress plan focuses on six areas for the entire Walloon Region:
1. Developing integrated forestry layouts;
2. Intensifying the study of how ecosystems function, monitoring of mortality,
and the means to be implemented to tackle it;
3. Limiting inputs in the forest to the strict minimum, i.e. phytocides,
pesticides and fertilisers;
4. Improving biodiversity in forests in terms of genera, species and
ecosystems;
5. Developing the information and training of owners, managers and subcontractors
in forestry and sustainable management;
6. Improving the reception of the public in the forest, whilst respecting
ecosystems.
These six objectives have been approved by a working group representing forestry
production, wood processing, the environment, the university world and forest users in
three meetings, which took place in Namur on 27th November 2000, 10th January and
20th February 2001.
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