Mission

Objectives

To assist countries in developing and implementing national forest programmes (nfps) that effectively address local needs and national priorities, and reflect internationally agreed principles, through the informed participation of all relevant stakeholders.

Strategy

Through capacity building and knowledge sharing, the Facility is assisting countries to implement nfps as instruments to:

• integrate sustainable forest management into poverty reduction strategies and other broad processes linked to other sectors;
• develop a consensus on how to address issues relevant to forests at the national level;
• translate commitments made at the international level into national forest policy and planning.