A G R I C U LT U R E A N D R U R A L D E V E L O P M E N T
and related Operational Policies to give recognition to the role forests play in poverty reduction
and the preservation of global environmental services. The revision also served to ramp up the World Bank’s own engagement in the forest sector to reduce poverty without jeopardizing the environmental values intrinsic to sustainability. The strategy is founded on three equally important and interrelated pillars: • • •
harnessing the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable manner; integrating forests more effectively into sustainable development; and protecting vital local and global environmental services and values.
The Forests Sourcebook is a resource for World Bank clients, task managers, and other stakeholders to better design and implement projects in line with the Forests Strategy. It draws on the experiences of more than seventy experts, both within and outside the World Bank, who have applied innovative approaches to implementing the World Bank Forests Strategy. The Sourcebook is divided into two parts. The first part looks at issues that are priorities for the forest sector and addresses the operational aspects of those issues. It covers topics associated with using forests in ways that contribute to poverty reduction, improving forest governance, mainstreaming forest considerations in macro policy dialogue, engaging the private sector, meeting the growing demand for wood, optimizing forest functions at the landscape level, and monitoring forest sector activities. The second part of the book offers guidance on implementing the World Bank’s Operational Policy on Forests (OP 4.36). Giving insight into the complex interplay between different realms of development work that effect or are affected by forests, the Forests Sourcebook is a valuable tool for any stakeholder involved in development or business projects that could have an impact on forests.
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PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR SUSTAINING FORESTS IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Addressing these three pillars together makes the Forests Strategy complex and multifaceted. The Strategy is not just about growing or protecting trees, but involves a web of complex interactions between policy, institutions, and incentives. The Forests Strategy embodies a multisector approach that takes into account activities, policies, and practices outside the forest sector that impact both forests and the people who depend on forests for their livelihoods.
Forests Sourcebook
In 2002, the World Bank revised its Forests Strategy
Forests Sourcebook PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR SUSTAINING FORESTS IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION