Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 64/2008, de 12 de Dezembro de 2008
República n. 64/2008, em 17 de Outubro de 2008.
Assinado em 24 de Novembro de 2008.
Publique-se.
O Presidente da República, ANÍBAL CAVACO SILVA.
Referendado em 27 de Novembro de 2008.
O Primeiro -Ministro, José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa.
ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA
Resoluçáo da Assembleia da República n. 64/2008
Aprova o Acordo Internacional de 2006 sobre as Madeiras Tropicais, adoptado em Genebra em 27 de Janeiro, no âmbito da Conferência das Naçóes Unidas sobre o Comércio e o Desenvolvimento.
A Assembleia da República resolve, nos termos da alínea i) do artigo 161. e do n. 5 do artigo 166. da Constituiçáo, aprovar o Acordo Internacional de 2006 sobre as Madeiras Tropicais, adoptado em Genebra em 27 de Janeiro de 2006, cujo texto, na versáo autenticada na língua inglesa, assim como a respectiva traduçáo para língua portuguesa, se publica em anexo.
Aprovada em 17 de Outubro de 2008.
O Presidente da Assembleia da República, Jaime Gama.
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT, 2006
Preamble The Parties to this Agreement:
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Recalling the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, the Integrated Programme for Commodities, the New Partnership for Development and the Spirit of Sáo Paulo and Sáo Paulo Consensus, as adopted by UNCTAD XI; b) Also recalling the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983, and the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, and recognizing the work of the International Tropical Timber Organization and its achievements since its inception, including a strategy for achieving international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed sources;
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Further recalling the Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Implementation as adopted by the World Summit on Sustainable Development in September 2002, the United Nations Forum on Forests established in October 2000 and the associated creation of the Collaborative Partnership
on Forests, of which the International Tropical Timber Organization is a member, as well as the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the Non -Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests, and the relevant Chapters of Agenda 21 as adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification;
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Recognizing that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies and have the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as set forth in principle 1a) of the Non -Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests;
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Recognizing the importance of timber and related trade to the economies of timber producer countries;
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Also recognizing the importance of the multiple economic, environmental and social benefits provided by forests, including timber and non -timber forest products and environmental services, in the context of sustainable forest management, at local, national and global levels and the contribution of sustainable forest management to sustainable development and poverty alleviation and the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
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Further recognizing the need to promote and apply comparable criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management as important tools for all members to assess, monitor and promote progress toward sustainable management of their forests;
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Taking into account the linkages of the tropical timber trade and the international timber market and wider global economy and the need to take a global perspective in order to improve transparency in the international timber trade;
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Reaffirming their commitment to moving as rapidly as possible toward achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources (ITTO Objective 2000) and recalling the establishment of the Bali Partnership Fund;
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Recalling the commitment made by consumer members in January 1994 to maintain or achieve the sustainable management of their forests;
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Noting the role of good governance, clear land tenure arrangements and cross -sectoral coordination in achieving sustainable forest management and legally sourced timber exports;
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Recognizing the importance of collaboration among members, international organizations, the private sector and civil society, including indigenous and local communities, and other stakeholders in promoting sustainable forest management;
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Also recognizing the importance of such collaboration for improving forest law enforcement and promoting trade from legally harvested timber;n) Noting that enhancing the capacity of forest -dependent indigenous and local communities, including those who are forest owners and managers, can contribute to achieving the objectives of this Agreement;
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Also noting the need to improve the standard of living and working conditions within the forest sector, taking into account relevant internationally recognized principles on these matters, and relevant International Labour Organization Conventions and instruments;
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Noting that timber is an energy -efficient, renewable and environmentally friendly raw material compared with competing products;
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Recognizing the need for increased investment in sustainable forest management, including through rein-vesting revenues generated from forests, including from timber-relatedtrade;
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Also recognizing the benefits of market prices that reflect the costs of sustainable forest management;
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Further recognizing the need for enhanced and predictable financial resources from a broad donor community to help achieve the objectives of this Agreement;
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Noting the special needs of least developed tropical timber producer countries;
have agreed as follows:
CHAPTER I
Objectives
Article 1
Objectives
The objectives of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006, hereinafter referred to as «this Agreement») are to promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests and to promote the sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests by:
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Providing an effective framework for consultation, international cooperation and policy development among all members with regard to all relevant aspects of the world timber economy;
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Providing a forum for consultation to promote non--discriminatory timber trade practices;
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Contributing to sustainable development and to poverty alleviation;
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Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources;
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Promoting improved understanding of the structural conditions in international markets, including long -term trends in consumption and production, factors affecting market access, consumer preferences and prices, and conditions leading to prices which reflect the costs of sustainable forest management;
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Promoting and supporting research and development with a view to improving forest management and efficiency of wood utilization and the competitiveness of wood products relative to other materials, as well as increasing the capacity to conserve and enhance other forest values in timber producing tropical forests;
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Developing and contributing towards mechanisms for the provision of new and additional financial resources with a view to promoting the adequacy and predictability
of funding and expertise needed to enhance the capacity of producer members to attain the objectives of this Agreement;
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Improving market intelligence and encouraging information sharing on the international timber market with a view to ensuring greater transparency and better information on markets and market trends, including the gathering, compilation and dissemination of trade related data, including data related to species being traded;
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Promoting increased and further processing of tropical timber from sustainable sources in producer member countries, with a view to promoting their industrialization and thereby increasing their employment opportunities and export earnings;
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Encouraging members to support and develop tropical timber reforestation, as well as rehabilitation and restoration of degraded forest land, with due regard for the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources; k) Improving marketing and distribution of tropical timber and timber product exports from sustainably managed and legally harvested sources and which are legally traded, including promoting consumer awareness;
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Strengthening the capacity of members for the collection, processing and dissemination of statistics on their trade in timber and information on the sustainable management of their tropical forests;
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Encouraging members to develop national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of timber producing forests, and maintaining ecological balance, in the context of the tropical timber trade;
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Strengthening the capacity of members to improve forest law enforcement and governance, and address illegal logging and related trade in tropical timber;
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Encouraging information sharing for a better understanding of voluntary mechanisms such as, inter alia, certification, to promote sustainable management of tropical forests, and assisting members with their efforts in this area; p)...
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