National Forest Action Plan 2011-2019

Laws and Policies

CCLW

CCLW national policies

Law passed

The 2305 objective of this plan is that the country reach a forest cover of 20%, fully covers its needs for wood energy, conserves its biodiversity and ensures sustainable protection of risk areas as well as wildlife habitats. To do that, the plan defines five strategic goals structuring its forestry policy: 1) promoting forestry production, 2) restoration of degraded lands and conservation of biodiversity, 3) developing private-public parnerships, 4) improvement of the institutional, legal and legislative frameworks of the forestry sector, and 5) development of research on forestry.