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  At a time when the world's forests face more acute pressure than during any other period in history, the world's two largest conservation organisations, 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.

They believe that the earth's forests currently face two critical problems: deforestation and loss of forest quality. In order to resolve these issues, WWF and IUCN have defined a challenge for the world community: to halt and reverse the loss and degradation of forests and all kinds of woodlands by the year 2000.

The two organisations have concluded that this goal can only be attained if five priority objectives are fulfilled:

Establishment of a network of ecologically - representative protected areas
 
Environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable forest management outside protected areas
 
Implementation of ecologically and socially appropriate forest restoration programmes
 
Reduction of forest damage from global change
 
Consumption of forest goods and services at levels that do not damage the environment


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