MCPFE Commitments
Report on the implementation of the MCPFE commitments at national and pan-European level since 3rd Ministerial Conference
in Lisbon (1998) and further progress in implementing commitments made at the Ministerial Conference in Helsinki (1993) and
in Strasbourg (1990.
Biodiversity Work Programme
The "Work-Programme on the Conservation and Enhancement of Biological and Landscape biversity in Forest Ecosystems 1997-2000"
("Biodiversity Work-Programme") is a joint initiative of the MCPFE and the pan-European Ministerial Process "Environment for
Europe." It defines important objectives and actions in the field of biological diversity as an essential element of sustainable
forest management. The Biodiversity Work-Programme was adopted at Expert-Level by the Third Meeting of the Executive Bureau
of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, 20-21 November 1997, Geneva, Switzerland and by the Fifth
Expert Level Follow-up Meeting of the Helsinki Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, 8-9 December 1997, Geneva,
Switzerland.
