Key Components of Montenegro's National Forest Programme  

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New Forest Policy

• Process

• FINAL Policy
  

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Revision of Forest Law

• Process

• Progress

National Forest Inventory

• NFI Process
  

• NFI Progress
  

Forest Sector Development Planning

• Process

• Progress
  

Institutional Strengthening

• Process

• Progress

Raising Awareness 

• PR Campaign

Developing Partnership

• Local

• International
  

What is a National Forest Programme?

The expression "national forest programme" designates the wide range of approaches to the process of planning, programming and implementation of forest activities in a country to be applied at national and sub-national levels, based on a common set of guiding principles. The purpose of a national forest programme is to establish a workable social and political framework for the conservation, management and sustainable development of all types of forests, which in turn will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of public and private operational and funding commitments. National forest programmes require a broad inter-sectoral approach at all stages, including the formulation of policies, strategies and courses of action, as well as their implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

The goal of the national forest programme is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of forest resources to meet local, national and global needs, through fostering national and international partnerships to manage, protect and restore forest resources and land, for the benefit of present and future generations.  

 The main objectives are to:

• introduce inter-sectoral planning approaches involving all relevant partners, in order to resolve conflicts and generate effective policies and programmes to address problems;
• raise awareness and mobilize commitments at all levels in order to address the issues related to sustainable forestry development;
• increase the efficiency and effectiveness of both public and private actions for sustainable forestry development;
• foster local, national, regional and international partnerships;
• mobilize and organize national and (if necessary) international resources and catalyze action to implement programmes/plans in a coordinated manner;
• plan and implement how forests and the forestry sector could contribute to national and global initiatives, e.g., the Environmental Action Plans and the actions agreed upon to implement the Forest Principles, the Chapter 11 of Agenda 21, the Conventions on Biodiversity on Climate Change. 

Useful Links

Montenegro's National Forest Programme Website 

FAO National Forest Programme Facility