Act now to save the forests

The Rio Forest Certification Declaration is supported by PEFC International, the world's largest forest certification system. About half a million small-and family forest owners are certified against PEFC's International Sustainability Benchmarks.

Initial signatories include

Remo Tomasetti – Associazione Forestale del Trentino
Isabella Rachiele – Consulting
Stefano Porelli – TÜV NORD Italia S.r.l.
riccardo corioni – ing. corioni
Enrico Calvo
Laurie Cansfield – Potts Print (UK)
Tomasi Maria Cristina
Sophie Latham
ALBERTO PIERBATTISTI – Provincia di Torino
Cristina Olives Lloret
Jean-Louis PONT – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Shaun Scallan – Sustainability Plus Projects
Gustavo Barbosa-Rodríguez – Rainforest Alliance
Paolo Franceschetti – Comune di cologne Brescia
Danilo Zeni – Litotipografia ALCIONE srl
Gerrit Riezebos – Drukkerij Riezebos BV
Hans Schoolenberg – Bureau Buitendijks & De Kwelder
Maria Garcia – University of Oxford
Alberto Dalle Pezze – Servizio Forestale di Verona Regione del Veneto
luca pierbattisti
cristiano pastorello – provincia autonoma di trento
Pasquale Audia – AGIF ENGINEERING srl
Gabriella Rivaben – Servizio Forestale Regionale - Verona
Marco Masi
Paolo Cantiani – CRA
MASSIMO ZORTEA – Studio Zortea Sandri
Nicola Svaizer
christiana ruggeri
Samuel Poos
ANDRES MAURICIO CAMPUZANO RODRIGUEZ – CECMSA
františek wachal – zcl-slovesko
Karstine Hovingh – BeeSupport
delphine EVESQUE
Herman Bavinck – Private
Peter Spitzkopf – Ob?ianské združenie lesníkov a ochrancov prírody Tatier - Tatranská Lomnica.
Ricardo Marinho
Miloš Majer – Tur?.region.združenie vlastníkov lesov
Peter Zima – Lesy SR, š.p.
Zdenko Ková? – Lesy SR, s.p.
František Štulajter – LESY Slovenskej republiky
Ian Hodgkin
Craig Maclachlan
Filipe Neto
Karin Poortvliet
Barry Thompson – Kinnarps (UK) Ltd
james cumming – clober kitchen furniture
Melania Di Vara – LegalEarth International
Lochlan Dulson
Marleen Admiraal – mother earth
SANTA KARKLE
Alvaro Casanova – Consorcio Plasencia, Trujillo, Parque Nacional de Monfragüe y Biodiversidad Territorial
Stefanie Placencia Medina
Alan Lamont – Wood International Agency Limited
Antoin Bakelaar – ABC-group
Christopher Williams – Panda Panel Agencies Ltd
Euan Davidson
María José Pérez Salazar – CERTFORCHILE
VANESA CARBAJOSA RODRÍGUEZ
Andres Dominguez – AF Accion Forestal
Andres Dominguez – AF Accion Forestal
Lionel Lorenzini
Martin Filion
Jeroen Vanthournout
DIDIER DUBOIS
christian scott
Kukuh Bhayu Brama – SETSUzine.com
Dewi Bramono – APP
michael brown
alan cook – building @ plumbing & timber merchants
isabelle mertens
Sandre du Plessis
Steve Clark – enner paper Co Ltd
steve cook – willmott dixon
Tony Jackman – Rawle Gammon & Baker Holdings Ltd
Blair Turnbull – Glasgow Caledonian University
Martijn Decorte
Philip Booth – Stroud Community TV
Sofie Vanparys
AMELIE VANMAELE
Greg Dance – Transition Stroud
Koen Lavens
David Germonpré
Victor Parra Fabregat
Betty Newton
Phil Brookes
Teleri Cousins – ISG
Larissa Chambers
Tony Ralph – Vision Paper & Board
Stephen Tilley
Chris Landsburgh – Glasgow Caledonian University Serco Glasgow City Council
Mieke vodegel – Stichting de Woudreus
Leroy Rogers – ISG
Gemma Mckenzie – ISG
juli carey
Michelle Porte Davies
Jane Hinch – Wiles Greenworld
Dave Brown
Zoe Spooner – Fenner Paper Co Ltd
Ron Strachan
Julie Hubbard
andrew Gilroy
robert clayton
Alison Quilliam – Speciality Coatings Ltd
Nicola Cross – Ocean Hardwood Ltd
Steve Pullen
Jérôme MARTINEZ – GIPEBLOR
Peter Spence – J.D.T. (UK) Ltd
malcolm gilroy
Sue Verrall
bev shields
Lyn Place – RPM Digital Print
Paul Seal
Richard Moore – Proskills
Binita Patel – Wiles Greenworld
Mina Gorsia – Wiles Greenworld
Adrian Lander
Leslie Crispin – Capital Crispin Veneer
Ian Ezzard – Wiles Greenworld
Jennifer da Silva – Wiles Greenworld
Angelin Gjergji – Wiles Greenworld
John Barne – Oxford Timber Audits
Toby Robins – Wiles Greenworld
Anthony Hartless – G E Robinson
Mike Greenland – Ligna Ltd
steve robinson – border oak design & construction Ltd
Jay Newman – Prinovis UK
Sherry Reiss – Chauncey's Timber Flooring Ltd
TONY FENNER – FENNER PAPER Co Ltd
Chris Heyer – John Heyer Paper
Paul Philbin – B &K Structures
Stefan Rypel – Truss Form Ltd
Christopher Fenner – Fenner Paper Company Limited
Edwin Buckley – Edwin Buckley & Co Ltd
Sue Crane – Trojan Timber Ltd
KEN ROBBINS – HICKS JOINERY LTD
sarah smith
Alex Collins – Ecodek Vannplastic Ltd
Wayne Johnson – Quercus Forest Products Ltd
Chris Cox` – Timbmet Ltd
Steve Mitchell – H Tempest Ltd
Graham Allen – Belmont Press Limited
MARK JONES – MIDLAND MOULDINGS LTD
Simon Attwood – ISG plc
Roddy McAteer – Murdock Builders Merchants Ltd
Alexis Harrison – Arup
Gareth Jones – Bearsted Paper Co Ltd
Philippa Stone
Rebecca Friend
Howard Fox
Julian Bridges – Prolitho London Ltd
Katy Hawker
David Storey – RSPB
David Martin – Lonsdale Direct Solutions
James Farrell – Wrapid Manufacturing Ltd
Emilia Endsminger – GI Solutions Group
Aurelie NOIRBENT – Osprey Publishing Ltd.
ben withers
SHIRLEY ETHERINGTON
Hugh Miller – Retired University Professor
Cymon McEvilly
Carley Williams
Steve Fletcher
TONY TENGWALL
Mark Palij
Debbie Duncan
louise clifton
Marjie Cooper
Sophie Hyam
William Blacklock
Steve Nock
Nick Widlinski
Joanne Seal
Chris Smith
STEVEN GRAHAM
Judy Yendell
Rob Goodman
Stephen Robinson
Geoff Burton
Helen Glaze
Mark Jenkins
Paul Fosh
robert thomas
Richard Pickles
paul latham
james white
Luke Jones
Mieke Vercruijsse – PEFC Belgium
Daniel Sinfield
David Petrie
Vicki Link – LDT
Mark Reid
Colin Ayres
ELAINE BELL
Mike Frost
Andrew Wright
Sue Crouch
steven lindley
martin jones
Stephen Schubeler
Gaby Hearsey
Steven Sedgwick
Edward Latham
nick perry
Trevor Barnard
Rachel Parker
Darren Mc erlean
Jane Rhodes
BRIAN PEEL
STACEY HICKS
Adele Saxton
MARY BAUGH
Steven Elliott
HOWARD HAYES
Garry Suggett
Leigh Ryan
Charlotte Freeman
Timothy Andrews
Ian Milne
Karen Houldershaw
damian thomas – LDT
Sai Lok – company
Robert Hodgkiss
Daniel Mahoney
John Brookes
John Bezer – LDT Ltd
Paul Fletcher
Ewa Bazydlo
Kip Long
Anne Denton
Steve Frommont
Mark Harraway
Steven Harper
Denis Green
Greg Rylands
david green
David Landsburgh
Darren Gentle
amy wyatt
Tania Whitehead – LDT
stephen larking
John Jefferys
stuart smith
David Briggs
jamie ibbetson
Bob Audsley
Geoff Hall
chris lloyd
Piers Latham
miles kember
Eugenia Gloazzoo – AmicusCanis
DANIEL BARRIO GRAU
Peter Latham
Julia Griffin – B&Q Plc
Stefania Proietti
Jim Stark
Gary Ramsay – UMA Press
valentin tekavec – KON-CERT
Quetzal Tzab
Lucas Alves de Castro – UFMG
Protet Judicaël ESSONO ONDO – Brainforest
Richard Stanton – Australian Forestry Standard Ltd
Jensen Ko – APP China
NaiSeng Tan – APP China
Hilary Khawam – HK Market Development Limited
Juha Hakkarainen – MTK
Sophie Jarosz
Bernard de Galembert
Marko Krajner – 3ZEN
Jarkov Reverté – consorcio sierra de llaberia
Daniela Veloso
Daniele GAILLARD – Société AGRESTA
Stuart Andrews – Sustainable Options Ltd
Mark Chadbourne
Stephanie Williamson
Florence ROBERT
daniel AGRESTA – Société
Krajewski Anne
Pedro Costa – Inmetro
Galina Vilkova
Natalie Faulkner
Clarissa Skrepnek
Andrey Laletin – Friends of the Siberian Forests
Muhammed Alkaff – PT Harfa Jaya Makmur
Said CHAKRI – AESVT
Kyle Gracey – SUSTAINUS
bamidele oni – imternational forestry student association
maixent fortunin hanimbat emeka – forum pour la gouvernance et les droits de l'homme (FGDH)
Jane Swira – ministry of finance and development planning
STELLA GAMA – department of forestry
alireza banihashemi – frw
Samuel Ndobe – Accra Caucus
Patience Mphumbude – Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
momodu bah – environment protection agency
babatunde ajayi – federal university of technology akure
nabil hamdi – ministry of environnement
hammadi ben hadj ali – ministry of environment
Adel Saidane – ministery of finance
rafik aini – ministry of agriculture-forets department
peter mulbah – Skills and Agricultural Development Services
Luiz Carlos Arigony – Inmetro
Elisa Colpo – NEPCon.net
Sébastien LABRUSSE
Jean Charles RINN – ADAM SAS
Sabrina Wu – Malaysian Timber Certification Council
Gregoire d'ESCRIVAN
Leonardo Salema Nogueira de Souza – Inmetro
julie mørch
John White – Timber Trade Federation
Peter Winter
Jamie Lindsay – UKAS
Anders Rosengren – NSP
Markus Lassheikki
Bjarne Westerlund – NSP
Helena Algars – SLC
Banaszek Katarzyna – Universite Montpellier 2
Urpo Heikkinen – MTK
Anssi Kainulainen – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK)
karen guimaraes
yasmine sebihi – university
An Bollen
Ana Vasques
Tracey Reeve – PEFC UK Ltd
Kim Calvert
Alun Watkins – PEFC UK
Emma Christina Norton
Thomas Husum – The Norwegian Forest Owners Federation / PEFC Norway
Phil Mogel
Sandra Richards
Victoria Dolche
Francesca Mancini – Giardinoblu graphic&organic design
Paschalina Nouska – Forest Research Institute
Nives Mohar
Yu Ling – cfcc
Roy mol – Silvavir consultants
Lily Cheng
Radim Lainka
víctor pérez bohórquez – junta de andalucía
jean lin roig
Clément ROMBI
Carlo Castellani
Daniel Klemenšek
Ricardo MArtins RMA – APP
Renata Watson – Comunica Watsons
JOSE E MULAS – C.LUBADI, S.L
LUIS BARBERO – CONTRACHAPADOS LUBADI, S.L.
ERIK SVENSSON – Li ,& Fung (Co. Ltd.) Thailand
MICHELE ANDRE
Maya Einhaus – Cobelpa
Firmin FRANCOIS – COBELPA
Yves de le Court – SRFB
Emile Meyer
Patricio Chavat
Noël Scauflaire – Personnel
Marius Torp
colette maeck
serge sainte – green building
An-Sofie Ruyseveldt
josette Brock – privé
María Victoria Chavat – Profesional Independiente
Jan-André Strand
john aleksander torp
Jocelyne Renard
Anne Mason-Monseur
loic piret
Mickael Simon
Jean Debuyst – -
pieter verfaillie
Daisy Daemen
natalie bougos
Els Dedeurwaerder
Nadine Hugo
Ilse Bossuyt-Keysabyl
Philip Rousselle
Omar Camacho Ponce – Particular
Ronny Subin Carreón Santos – Particular
Kim Michelle Flores Camacho – Particular
Shamed Mayela Ramírez Nájera – Particular
Jaumar Maldonado Lizarazu – Particular
Sofía Haydeé González – Particular
Kate Hazel Aguilar Flores – Particular
Melissa Garcia Garcia – Particular
Leah Huerta Musil – Particular
Lizzeth Eunice Vera Trejo – Particular
Anahy Lorena Vera Trejo – Particular
Emmanuel Zabaleta Zambrano – Particular
Maria Alejandra Zabaleta Zambrano – Particular
Priscila Jael Zabaleta Zambrano – Particular
Andrea Gómez
Hans-Ulrich Sinner – Bavarian State Institute of Forestry
Eduardo García – COSE
BABOLAT ANTOINE
Mendy Eskew
Ceri Mick – MediaAria CDM Ltd
YOUSSOUF FOFANA – university agroforestery
Florian Egger
Prof. Hilaire Yaokokore Béibro – Société de Conservation de la Nature de Côte d'Ivoire (SCNCI)
Maria Jose Albert Ballesteros
Abdul aziz Mohibbi – KU
Antonio de Maria Angulo – Asociación Profesional de Selvicultores SILVANUS
ANTHONY MRISHO NGAI – KIHARE WILDLIFE AND FOREST CONSERVATION.
Maria Pinto
Willie Smart
Maria Ines Miranda Salas – SSC-Americas
Nick Atkinson
Alexander Rossner
Mohamed Baryoul – SOTEFI
Konrad Ilgner
Angélique SAPOLIN
Xavier Suñer Escriche – independent
Anne Rauhamaki – MTK
Anita Bernal – Gold Canyon Candles
MURIEL SOLA – la fabrique du design
Cédric Teychené
Vincent Puichaffret
Andrea Roccia – independiente
Joshua Ward – Warduku ltd
Jonathan Geach
Derek Geldart – GAP Forest Tending Services
Rebecca Rudman
Wim M. van der Kraan – Casa il Cantico - Italy
Lee Partridge – Mid-Sussex Timber Ltd
Elsa Goh
Juan Cabris – Departamento de Producción Forestal y Tecnología de la Madera. Facultad de Agronomía. UdelaR
simonetta notari
Jessica Collier
Oksana Birchall
Cindy Deman
diana Andreola
Maria Gabriella Turina – Provincia di Reggio Emilia
Adrienne Moore
Shives Sivapalan – Plantation Consultants
Filippo Traiber – Segheria Traiber
AGUSTIN PÉREZ AMIL – ASOCIACION JUVENIL "AULA FORESTAL"
Rogelio Gonzalez Tato – Iniciativa en Gestión Forestal SLNE
Pablo Blanco Gómez
Mark Edwards – Individual
Maharaj MUTHOO – People's Commission on Environment & Development
AMADOU NDIAYE – DIRECTION EAUX, FORÊTS ET CHASSES
Khaled Abozied – African Quality Institute
Roy Mol – silvavir forest consultants
Filipa Gomes
Filipa Gouveia – AmBioDiv - Valor Natural
Michele Manelli – Salcheto s.r.l.
TAMARA FANTINATO – /
Andrea Perissinotto – IKEA Trading Services Italy s.r.l.
Liz Evers
Horst Gleißner – FZG
Paolo Pellizzari
milani carlo
RONNY COSTANTINO
Fongoh Eric – International centre for environmental education and community development-ICENECDEV
Nicola De Beni – CSQA Certificazioni Srl
Davide Biancorosso – consultant
Luca Tonello
Alessia Brandoni
MARIA PIA BARBIERI – F.LLI BARBIERI S.N.C.
Danilo Zeni
Johannes Wurm – TU München
matteo ferrari – csqa
Massimo Dott. For. Amb. Di Duca – çymph@ (Coop. Soc. Amb.) Selvifor (Coop. For.)
Adriana Ramella
Fulvio Fiorentini – ITALIA NOSTRA ONLUS
Paolo Burato
Fabio Cantù – CSQA Certificazioni S.r.l.
Saul Bianchin
Alessandro Refosco
Mirko Poletti – CSQA Certificazioni S.r.l.
Emanuele Mercedi
michele crivellaro
Pier Luigi Ferrari – PEFC Italia
vicente bolingot
Ellen Brown
Dirk Brinkman – Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd
BOLIKA JEAN MARIE – Initiative Locale pour le Developpement Integré (ILDI)
Luiz Quaglia – Biotopos
kamila brounsova
Alfredo Rodriguez
Bastiaan Brouns – SourceYour | SY Services bv
Jesus Diaz – AVID 101
Cees Mientjes – cees projectmanagement
Sarah Price – PEFC International
Tanja Blindbaek Olsen – PEFC Denmark
Antonio Brunori – PEFC Italy
Nenad C. Bužanin – Eko Zona - Šipovo
nuria perez – particular
Paola Dr. Fiore – ETICAMBIENTE® Sustainability Management & Communications Consulting
Robin van Noort – Van Noort Printing B.V.
Richard Lemmens – Vonderen Advies
Henny Kramer – Waal aan de Maas | Advertising
Magdalena Buelens – Tetra Pak Benelux
Michel Arninkhof
Frank van Mossel
Pablo Narváez – PEFC Spain
Bunnath Khun – HARVEST
Melanie Standing
Michael Huck
Milos Stosic
Boštjan Dove?ar
jože ferlinc – inštitut KON-CERT
dejan rituper – institut kon-cert
Nusa Tominsek – Institut KOn-CERT Maribor
katarina kresnik – inštitut kon - cert
Boštjan Pesek – Inštitut KON-CERT
JOŽE BENEC
Jim Forde – Ligna Ltd
Ririn Wulandari – ABFII Perbanas
Richard Thompstone
Canecio Munoz – Sinarmas Forestry
Diane Roddy – Roddy Resources
Belén Mateos Grande
Gonzalo Banda-Cruz – Grupo Faro
Maria Helena Cendales Gomez
Rocío González Gilbaja – Castilla y León Gobernment
Héctor Vives – SIGMA bioingenieria
Jorge Scarpa – cerfoar
johan van rhenen – local government
Ute Sass-Klaassen – Wageningen University
Mohd Faisal – Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)
ESPERANZA CARRILLO – PEFC SPAIN
Chi Ern Cheah – -
Premalatha Mogan – Malaysian Timber Certification Council
Mihael Koprivnikar – KGZS
Volker Heuser
Makiko Horio – PEFC Asia Promotions
Franz Leberle – Saegewerk
Lars Langhans – KOLLAXO
Kayt Watts – Australian Forestry STandard Limited
Nicola Round
Elizabeth Fernberg
Basset stéphane – Imprimerie C.C.I
Dr. Obiero Ong'ang'a – OSIENALA (Friends of Lake Victoria)
Carlos Macchi
Alejandro Leone
Marc Hufty
Patricia Dolman
Josef Jaeckle – -
Rachel Walker
J. Winkelman – Winkelman Natuurlijk!
Laura Stewart – None
Raúl Navarro Martí – ETSIAMN-UPV
Maria Stanley
Juha Uppa – PEFC Finland
Denise Booi
Janice Jäckle
André Vitor Fleuri Jardim – Cgcre (Coordenação Geral de Acreditação)
kartini le Grand
André Kronenburg
Hubert Hol
Rebecca Gotink
Daaf Kronenburg
T. Koot – Mockmoon
caroline carpentier
Ingeborg Ramdohr
Erik Jan Verweij
Isaline de WIlde – Société Royale Forestière de Belgique
Dermot Fenton – Green Belt Ltd
Jan Willem van der Werf – Party for the Animals
Stephen Verdonkschot – Party for the Animals
Chad Latz
Don Newling
Martijn Boertjes – vd Nagel bio-energy
Arjan ter Linden
Martijn Schreuder
Adam Woods – A-Dance
helena de boer – de lachende maan
Susan Woods
Stefan van den Heuvel
DANIELA REY CHRISTEN
Debora van Boven-Flier – FORM International
Evert Van de Kolk – Eelerwoude bv
Aco van de Ven
Bas Holleboom – SKH
Frans Cornelissen – ABN AMRO
ted wiegman – symaco
Jan Boudestein – Heuvelman-Hout (Timber Trade)
Aida Greenbury – Asia Pulp & Paper Group
Marianne Agterdenbos – Marisun
Wim Roskam – Akaija & Art
Alette Getz-Smeenk
Tamzin Merivale
holy henderson
Sylvia Slegers – Espavo Praktijk
Arjen Kiers – The Spirit of Wood
Wim van Daalen
Heather Kennard
Rudi Van Hedel – Vagroen
Geneviève Tremblay
George Borgman – Borgman Beheer Forestry Consultants
MIeke Vodegel – Stichting de Woudreus
Rogier Bleys
Ron Adelaar – Natuurmonumenten
Evan Buytendijk – Ingenieursbureau Evan Buytendijk bv
Bert Brinks
jan nico wilkens – wilkenshout
Ferdy Rozenberg – Fur Data | Fur Group
Grainne Meehan
Paul Busch
Eric Ofori Agyekum – Preferred Consult
Karstine Hovingh – BeeSupport
Finola Merivale
MARTA SALVADOR – PEFC España
John Merivale – Private individual
Anne Busch
Gerrit Maring
mamoru yanagisawa – Japan Gas Appliances Inspection Association
Tatsuhito Ueki – Shinshu University
numa luraschi
Caroline Kempkes – MultiCopy Bussum
Jaqui Crooks – Beacon Training
Avril Shaw – Personal
Elisabeth Taylor
Antti Otsamo – Finnish Forest Industries Federation
michael sharp – personal
Traolach Layton – Palfab ltd
John O'Brien – INTO
Marie Claude Ritt – International Paper
Roland Derveaux
Stuart Warner – Fehily Timoney and Company
Ann Merivale
frank barry – UNITE the UNION
Donal Magner – Wood Marketing Federation
Catrin Fetz – PEFC Deutschland
Daniel Fritz – PEFC Deutschland
Dirk Teegelbekkers – PEFC Germany
Ana Bergado – PEFC
Araceli Muñoz – PEFC España
Robson Laprovitera – International Paper
Gillian McCarthy – None So Hardy Forestry Ltd
ger clarke – ---
Will Ramsay – PEFC International
Sean Crowe – Forest Service
Florencia Chavat – Sistema Argentino de Certificación Forestal
Anne Marie Sheridan
Niki Comyn – Wood Mouldings Ltd
Sandy Greig – Independant
Johan Vlieger – PEFC Netherlands
Vanessa Biebel – PEFC Belgium
Eoghan Kenny – KPW Print
Hubert Palus – Slovak Forest Certification Association
Andrey Ryzhkov – PEFC-FCR
Lye Teng Chew – Malaysian Timber Certification Council
Haruyoshi Takeuchi – PEFC Asia Promotions
Michael Leonard
michael carey
Maria Teresa R Rezende – CERFLOR/Inmetro- PEFC Brazil
Barbara Johnston
John Phelan – Woodland Managers Limited
Stanislav Slanina – PEFC Czech Republic
kees boon – pefc nl
Guillaume Schmitz
Conor Daly – The Forestry Company
Dearbhla Considine – A&L Goodbody Solicitors
Paul Hegarty – Fourem Consulting ENgineers
denis bergin – itga
John Morehead – Wain Morehead Architects Ltd
Martin Sweeney
William Merivale – PEFC Ireland
Marshall Leslie – M.Leslie, Inc.
Ben Gunneberg – PEFC Council
Thorsten Arndt
Victor Rodriguez
Marion Bachelard
Stéphane Balet
Vanessa Maillart

THE10PRINCIPLES

  • Human beings are at the centre of sustainable forest management
  • Recognize and respect national sovereignty in the design and implementation of sustainable forest management policies and standards
  • Protect the complexity of forest ecosystems, forest-dependent economies, and rural culture by adopting integrated forest management plans and policies
  • Contribute to poverty reduction through empowerment of the poor
  • Open and accessible stakeholder processes are essential
  • Transparency, inclusiveness, and collaboration are fundamental prerequisites for global sustainability
  • Utilize the benefits of renewable and climate-smart forest-based products
  • Rely on science, local experience, and traditional forest-related knowledge to advance sustainable forest management
  • Use a precautionary approach to prevent irreversible damage
  • Promoting global acceptance of sustainable forest management through voluntary programmes and education is the fastest path to healthy forests and vibrant rural communities