International Legal Approaches to the Promotion of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forests

The promotion of the conservation and sustainable use of forests is a crucial aspect of environmental protection. However, effective and legally binding international regulations specific to forests are still absent. The scope of this research is to analyse the existent international legal regime for forests and to elaborate approaches to the enhancement of its efficiency. The rigorous analysis of international documents leads, finally, to conclude that pure market-based mechanisms are not suffi