Guidelines for the Development of  
        a Criteria and Indicator Set  
    for Sustainable Forest Management
             Guidelines for the Development of  
                        a Criteria and Indicator Set  
            for Sustainable Forest Management
                           GENEVA TIMBER AND FOREST DISCUSSION PAPER 73
                     Guidelines to support the project  “Accountability Systems  
                      for Sustainable Forest Management in the Caucasus and 
                      Central Asia”  implemented through the UNECE and FAO 
                       Forestry and Timber Section and funded through UNDA
                                                 New York and Geneva, 2019
                 Guidelines for the Development of a Criteria and Indicator Set for Sustainable Forest Management
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       ABSTRACT
       Criteria and indicators constitute an increasingly common policy tool to implement sustainable forest management (SFM) and to 
       define clear priorities and targets. This should improve monitoring, reporting and assessment of key aspects of SFM performance. 
       These guidelines provide specific concepts, definitions, tools and reference materials to guide the development process of 
       national criteria and indicator sets for SFM. These guidelines have been developed to support the project “Accountability Systems 
       for Sustainable Forest Management in the Caucasus and Central Asia” which is implemented through the UNECE/FAO Forestry 
       and Timber Section and funded through the UN Development Account. The guidelines and the methods described within are 
       used  and  applied  for  the  development  of  national  criteria  and  indicator  sets  for  sustainable  forest  management  in 
       Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The guidelines might be also relevant for other countries. 
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