Carpathian Convention adopts protocol for the sustainable management of forests

On 25–27 May 2011, high-level representatives of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic and Ukraine, as well as representatives from the European Commission and International Organizations met in Bratislava for the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) to the Carpathian Convention. In line with the United Nations International Year of Forests, the seven states agreed to further cooperate and strengthen their efforts in order to protect, maintain and sustainably manage forests in the Carpathians. The legal framework has been established through the adoption of the Protocol on Sustainable Forest Management to the Carpathian Convention. The Protocol on Sustainable Tourism was also adopted.

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