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Forests Sustainable Development Environmental: SFM Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Is The Management of

Sustainable forest management involves managing forests according to principles of sustainable development, using broad social, economic, and environmental goals. It aims to ensure the stewardship and use of forests in a way that maintains biodiversity, productivity, regeneration, and ecological, economic, and social functions now and in the future. There is growing consensus around key elements of sustainable forest management, including the extent of forest resources, biological diversity, forest health, productive and protective functions, socio-economic functions, and legal frameworks.

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Forests Sustainable Development Environmental: SFM Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Is The Management of

Sustainable forest management involves managing forests according to principles of sustainable development, using broad social, economic, and environmental goals. It aims to ensure the stewardship and use of forests in a way that maintains biodiversity, productivity, regeneration, and ecological, economic, and social functions now and in the future. There is growing consensus around key elements of sustainable forest management, including the extent of forest resources, biological diversity, forest health, productive and protective functions, socio-economic functions, and legal frameworks.

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SFM

Sustainable forest management (SFM) is the management of forests according to the principles
of sustainable development. Sustainable forest management uses very broad social, economic
and environmental goals. A range of forestry institutions now practice various forms of
sustainable forest management and a broad range of methods and tools are available that have
been tested over time.

The "Forest Principles" adopted at The United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 captured the general international
understanding of sustainable forest management at that time.

Def.: The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains
their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfill, now
and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national, and
global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems.

Simple Def: In simpler terms, the concept can be described as the attainment of balance - balance
between society's increasing demands for forest products and benefits, and the preservation of
forest health and diversity. This balance is critical to the survival of forests, and to the prosperity
of forest-dependent communities.

There appears to be growing international consensus on the key elements of sustainable forest
management. Seven common thematic areas of sustainable forest management have emerged
based on the criteria of the nine ongoing regional and international criteria and indicators
initiatives. The seven thematic areas are:

 Extent of forest resources


 Biological diversity
 Forest health and vitality
 Productive functions and forest resources
 Protective functions of forest resources
 Socio-economic functions
 Legal, policy and institutional framework.

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