Forest Programme of Baden-Wuerttemberg - a societal dialogue including international conventions. 2000. Ministry for Rural Areas of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart. 35 p. + appendix 113 p. (In German, English).

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Abstract: Based on international concepts and fulfilling international commitments since UNCED in 1992 , a societal dialogue process called the "forest programme" was started in Baden-Württemberg in 1999. Representatives of different interest groups, associations, and sectors discuss important forest-policy fields of action in order to define the expectations placed by society on the forest and forestry as well as those placed by the forest owners on society. The document gives a background on the concept of nfps, and the international, national and subnational framework conditions for forestry in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. It describes guiding principles for forest policy on four different fields of action: forests and climate/CO2, forests and biodiversity, wood as a natural resource, forests and society. The Council of Ministers of the State of Baden-Württemberg took notice of the forest programme on September 19, 2000. The State Government decided to base the forest policy on the guiding principles elaborated in societal dialogue and to continue this dialogue in an appropriate manner with all involved interest groups in accordance with international directives.

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Keywords: NFP, societal dialogue, participation, sustainable forest management, forest policy

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