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united nations commission on sustainable development (CSD)
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The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was set up to review the implementation of Agenda 21. Australia has participated in the CSD’s work and played a prominent role in the CSD’s Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) and its successor, the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF).
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united nations conference on environment and development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, 1992
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The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, 1992, was convened to address urgent problems of environmental protection and socio-economic development. It is also referred to as the Earth Summit. The assembled leaders signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity; endorsed the Rio Declaration and the Forest Principles; and adopted Agenda 21.
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united nations convention on biological diversity 1992
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The 1992 Convention deals at a global level with conserving, identifying and monitoring of biological diversity, its sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from this use. This calls for setting aside of forest reserves and for sustainable forest management as part of its mandate to preserve biodiversity. As part of fulfilling these commitments Australia has developed a National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia’s biological diversity.
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united nations convention to combat desertification 1994
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This convention calls for signatory countries to combat desertification, through halting or reversing deforestation and taking drought mitigation measures.
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united nations framework convention on climate change 1992
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The objective of the Framework Convention on Climate Change and related legal instruments is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
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unseasoned timber
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Timber in which the average moisture content exceeds 25 %.
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