Hearings
About the WCFSD
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Certain countries, by virtue of their command over forest resources, production, trade in forest products, and consumption, should have an extraordinary duty of care for the world's forests, and should provide international leadership in the search for global forest solutions. The Commission challenges these countries to constitute themselves as a Forest Security Council (FSC).
The FSC is being proposed to complement the intergovernmental processes. Agreement on solutions in the intergovernmental process has been elusive. A major reason is that too many issues are discussed in a large forum. The FSC would be structured to overcome this limitation. The smaller group of countries constituting the FSC would focus on specific issues that directly affect them, and thus should be interested in arriving quickly at effective solutions.
It is desirable that the Forest Security Council (FSC) involves countries whose forest circumstances make them indispensable in any effort to halt forest decline. Identifying countries for the FSC could be based on the following considerations:
On the basis of the above considerations, the Commission has indicated a preliminary group of 25 countries from which the FSC might be constituted. Those countries that initially agree to be a part of the FSC are expected to further develop the criteria for the selection of other members.
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