Research Priority Setting
Information relevant for priority setting is available on the net in many ways. Priority setting for forest
research on the internet leads to the pages of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) at:
http://www.un.org/dpcsd/dsd/ipf.htm.
At http://www.igc.apc.org/habitat/agenda21/forest.html information is given on the non-legally binding authoritative statement of
principles for a global consensus on the management, conservation and sustainable development of all
types of forests.
The International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), a CGIAR institute based in the
Hague, the Netherlands, is involved in the development of of priority setting methods. At its internet
pages (http://www.cgiar.org/isnar/) information is given on their Policy and System Development Programme. Natural Resources Management is part of this programme.
The 'Policies, technologies and global changes' project of the Centre for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR), to be found at http://www.cgiar.org.cifor/research/projects/project10.html, aims at maintaining a comprehensive overview of the state of the world's tropical forests and of international institutions addressing their development and conservation and analyse major global trends in the patterns and structure of international supply and demand. These analyses will contribute to the international policy debates on tropical forests.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) gives information on its forestry
policy and planning at http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/forestry/Policy.htm with links to its major programmes.
The World Commission on Forestry and Sustainable Development (WCFSD) intends, through a series
of regional hearings based on Brundtland Commission lines, to consult with various stakeholder groups.
It will seek to achieve policy reforms aimed at reconciling economic and environmental objectives for
sustainable management of global forests. Results are available at http://iisd1.iisd.ca/wcfsd/default.htm.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have, for the first
time, joined forces to develop a common policy position on forests. Forests For Life - The WWF/IUCN
Policy Book sets out this position. Information through internet is available at http://www.panda.org/forests4life/forests4life.htm.
Other Interesting Internet Pages
The pages of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) provide a grey zone
with papers on issues such as 'The future of UNEP', Forest certification, and Forest policy (3papers)
http://www.oneworld.org/iied/grey/grey.htm.
"Impact!" is a world-wide bibliography on the environmental consequences of wood harvesting operations. The bibliography is organised a s a database and contains 2600 records. This database is accessible throughinternet at http://www.area.fi.cnr.it/irl/impact.htm.