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NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM
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FOREIGN TRADE UPDATE
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UPLAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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FEATURED REPORTS
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INVITATION TO BID
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- ITB NO. 2013-02 Invitation to Bid No. - Supply and Delivery of IT Equipment
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INTERNAL CONCERN
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GLOBAL OBJECTIVES ON FOREST
As enshrined in the Non-legally Binding Instruments on all
types of forest (Forest Instruments) adopted by the
United Nations General Assembly in 2007
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In 2006, at its sixth session, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) agreed on four shared Global Objectives on Forests,
providing clear guidance on the future work of the international arrangement on forests. The four
Global Objectives seek to:
- GLOBAL OBJECTIVE 1 - Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through Sustainable Forest Management,
including protection, resotration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation.
- GLOBAL OBJECTIVE 2 - Enhance forest-based economic, social and environmental benefits, including
by improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent people.
- GLOBAL OBJECTIVE 3 - Increase significantly area of sustainably managed forests, protected forests worldwide and other areas of sustainably
managed forests as well as the proportion of forest products from sustainably managed forests.
- GLOBAL OBJECTIVE 4 - Reverese the decline in official development assistance for sustainable forest management
and mobilize significantly increased, new, and addicitional financial resources from all sources for the implementation
of sustainable forest management.
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March 21: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS
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21 March has been declared as the
International Day of Forests by the Untied Nations General Assembly. This new global
celebration of forests builds on the successes of the International Year of Forests
in 2011, and provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types
of forests and trees outside forests.
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FOREST INSTRUMENT:
A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
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As a framework for implementing sustainable forest management,
the Forest Instrument includes a set of 25 National Policies and Measures, which are designed
to bring the country closer to the goal of achieving sustainably managed forest ecosystems all over the
archipelago.
Although on voluntary. basis, each member state of UNFF is responsible for the sustainable management
of its forests and enforcement of its forest-related laws.
Importantly, in addition to the Government’s forest service units,
all relevant stakeholders including local government units (LGU), local and indigenous communities, and non-governmental,
civil society, academe, and media organizations will be involved through transparent, participatory constructive engagements, dialogues, and consultations.
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