The National Forestry Program (NFP) of Azerbaijan has been prepared for a 15 year period that covers the years from 2015 up to 2030. The preparation works started in 2012 and completed at the end of 2013. Apart from the state forestry service, it also refers a wide perspectives of different stakeholders including public institutions, academia, national and international expertise, NGOs on the management of country’s forest resources. The basic aims of the NFP are to promote sustainably meeting of the public expectations from the country’s forests in a the long term, provide means to harmonize the forest management policies into the government policy instruments and rapid structural changes and, to identify the challenges and means for development of institutional and legal framework for national forest management. The document of the Azerbaijan NFP is a product of collective efforts of the staff of the Ministry of Environment and and Natural Resources and particularly Forest Department, many other national public institutions, academic society, representatives of NGOs and local communities and FAO specialists on NFP.

Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)

Publisher
Ministry of Environment and and Natural Resources

Region
Asia Pacific

Biome
All

Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)

Primary Designated Function
All