Official documents adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) - the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992:

• Agenda 21 - Chapter 11: Combating deforestation
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• Forest Principles
  Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests

Processes stemming from the Earth Summit:

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Convention on Desertification

• Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
  created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED, to monitor and report on implementation of the agreements at the local, national, regional and international level

• In 1995, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development established the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF), followed by the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF), established in 1997 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

• IPF - IFF Proposals for Action regarding the conservation of forests

NGO process:

• The NGO Alternative Treaty on Forests

LINKS

Agenda 21
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/english/agenda21toc.htm

Foro sobre Bosques de Naciones Unidas
http://www.un.org/spanish/esa/sustdev/forests.htm

Commission on Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/about_csd.htm

UNFF
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/index.html

IPF/IFF Process (1995-2000)
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/ipf_iff.html

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
http://www.biodiv.org

Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
http://www.unfccc.de/

Convention on Desertification
http://www.unccd.int/