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Sustainable forest management has been considered as an integral component of sustainable development since the UNCED Conference at Rio de Janeiro in 1992, also called the Earth Summit (UN, 1992). After the summit, where international ‘Forest Principles’ were formulated for the first time by world leaders and the first global policy on sustainable forest management was adopted, the notion of sustainable forest management rapidly gained interest. Sustainable management of natural and managed forests has been a worldwide issue after the summit. Accordingly, the forest resources and lands should be managed sustainably to meet the social, economic, ecological, cultural and spiritual functions and for the maintenance and enhancement of biological diversity (FAO, 1995). |
