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Legal, policy and institutional framework Background paper to the Kotka V Expert Consultation 1. Introduction FAO has been conducting global forest resources assessments at 5 to 10 year intervals since 1946. Each assessment has had a slightly different focus reflecting the concerns of its time. In the 1940 and 50s, assessments were dominated by the concern of a future timber shortage. Environmental dimensions of forest resources and in particular the rate of deforestation became important in the 1980s, while FRA 2000 provided a wide range of information related to forest benefits and environmental functions. FRA 2005 is the most comprehensive global assessment of forest resources to date. It covers more than 40 variables related to forests, their uses and values and uses the concept of sustainable forest management as the reporting framework, encompassing social, economic, and environmental dimensions of forest resources. In accordance with the focus on forests and forest resources, the participants of the Kotka IV meeting held in July 2002 recommended that FRA 2005 addressed the first six of the commonly agreed seven thematic elements of sustainable forest management: 1) Extent of forest resources; (2) Biological diversity; (3) Forest health and vitality ;( 4) Productive functions of forest resources; (5) Protective functions of forest resources; (6) Socio-economic functions. th The 7 theme is related to the legal, policy and institutional framework for SFM. The participants to Kotka V are invited to discuss and advise about the pertinence to address th the 7 thematic element in FRA 2010 and the selection of some variables that characterise this element. 2. Rationale for collecting information on the legal, policy and institutional framework th • The 7 thematic element refers to the legal, policy and institutional arrangements to implement SFM . These are needed to cre