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4. ENABLING CONDITIONS
4.1 THE ROLE OF FOREST-OWNING GOVERNMENTS
ACTION POINTS FOR FOREST-OWNING GOVERNMENTS:
1. Create economic and policy incentives, and improve legal frameworks for the
sustainable production of FRCs.
2. Support and implement bilateral agreements with consumer markets to receive their
inancial and technical support.
Just 25 national governments manage 87 per cent of the world’s remaining tropical forests� Their adoption of public
policies towards zero deforestation varies considerably with some, such as Colombia, Peru and Brazil scoring the highest
under the Forest 500 ranking and others such as Thailand, Myanmar and Madagascar scoring poorly�
The sustainable use, conservation and restoration of forests needs to be central to national development plans�
Current climate negotiations and the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals can be used as a catalyst to set clear,
measurable and time-bound targets for forest use� It is essential that these targets make clear the baseline to which
future change is compared and the means by which they will be achieved
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� The efective implementation of these policies alongside
incentives for sustainable production can support both producers and companies sourcing forest risk commodities
from these countries to achieve their own zero deforestation commitments�
CREATING ECONOMIC AND POLICY INCENTIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF FOREST RISK
COMMODITIES
1. Economic incentives: New and reformed incentives
to support the business-case for sustainable production including introducing tax incentives; reforming
agricultural subsidies e�g� the budget of Brazil’s low- carbon agriculture ABC programme is signiicantly
lower 3�15 billion Reals in 2011-2012 than for traditional agriculture 107�2 billion Reals in 2011-
2012; linking domestic credit lines to compliance with policies and best-practices e.g. agro-ecological zoning;
and investing in payment for ecosystem services
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2. Resolve land ownership and tenure issues:
