Deforestation: An Overview of Global Programs and Agreements
Deforestation: An Overview of Global Programs and Agreements
SUMMARY
In recent years, global environmental concerns have figured prominently on the American political agenda. In particular, tropical
deforestation and its implications for global climate change and biological diversity loss have prompted public outcry. Concerns have since
grown to include other forest types as well. The Congress has considered a variety of legislation to stem the tide of increasing deforestation
and the United States has supported a number of bilateral and multilateral initiatives to assist other countries in managing their forest
resources.
In addition, the issue of deforestation has garnered increasing attention in international arenas which has translated into a bewildering array
of programs, principles, and policies regarding forests. This paper provides some background on four of the main multilateral avenues for
addressing deforestation and clarifies their roles and interrelationships. The organizations, processes, and negotiations covered here include:
the Tropical Forestry Action Programme (TFAP), the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), the United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development (UNCED), and the World Bank. Considered as a whole, these efforts represent attempts by the
international community to address deforestation -- in the tropics, as well as in temperate and boreal forests. This review provides the
history and structure of these programs, together with the critiques and arguments concerning their success or weakness, in order to provide
the context for continuing congressional oversight of global forest issues and the consideration of legislation on appropriations for these
programs.
The TFAP has created a framework for bringing the nations of the North and South together. It has helped many countries to analyze their
forest resources more rigorously and has generated high-level attention on forest issues. The ITTO has become a vehicle for conservation
concerns and established targets and standards for sustainable tropical timber management. UNCED focused...
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