A forest is much more likely to be conserved if the products and services that the forest yields are worth more than the timber standing on it. A wide range of products, especially many "non-timber forest products" (NTFP), have always been important to the livelihoods of forest-dwelling people. Forests provide a safety net for the very poor in times of hardship. They are also a large part of the rural economy, supplying products used in the household and also products for trade. They are sometimes the only source of cash income in a household.

Une forêt a beaucoup plus de chances d’être conservée si les produits et les services que l’on en tire valent plus cher que le bois d’œuvre qui s’y trouve. Un vaste éventail de produits, et en particulier beaucoup de < produits forestiers non ligneux > (PFNL), ont toujours joué on rôle important dans les moyens de subsistance des habitants des forês. Les forêts offrent on filet de sécurité aux très pauvres en période de difficulté. Elles constituent aussi on élément important de 1’économie rurale à laquelle elles fournissent des produits domestiques, ainsi que des produits commerciaux. Elles sont parfois la seule source de revenu monétaire d’un ménage.

SUMMARY: Tropical forests are vanishing fast and the loss of biodiversity gives the world plenty to worry about. But the fate of the people who live in those forests is at least as big a concern. Alun Anderson, editor of New Scientist, interviews CIFOR’s Director General, Dr. David Kaimowitz.

KLAUSUL tentang hutan selama 10 tahun terakhir setelah KTT Bumi di Rio de Janeiro, tidak membawa arah yang jelas Dalam soal hutan, misalnya, hingga saat ini tidak ada kejelasan siapa yang berwenang mengelola hasil, berhak atas hasil hutan, dan bertanggung Jawab atas "nasib" hutan.

(Related story of CIFOR Side Event, 29 May 2002)
Definition of sustainable forestry management as sustainable development paradigm support has not been determined. Nobody has the courage to state this explicitly. Nevertheless, many thought that one of the key steps to achieve sustainable forest management is by involving multi stakeholder of forestry, at least the indigenous people and local community, private individuals and companies of wood/forest industry, local and central government officials in decision making.

Laksamana.Net – The Indonesian government’s invitation to the international conservation body Greenpeace to assist in fighting illegal logging was described by The Straits Times last week as a sign of desperation. Greenpeace certainly makes a strange bedfellow for Indonesia, although given reports that up to 80% of timber felled may be illegal, the situation of the nation’s forests certainly deserves urgent steps.

Representatives of governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and multilateral organizations assembled together here on Tuesday for a multi-stakeholder meeting to promote sustainable development through partnerships among the stakeholders.