As an essential resource for economic and social development, forests call for consideration in several policy domains. Forest protection and forestry practices are closely linked, for example, to public policies that address climate change, biodiversity, water management and agriculture. Public policy linkages across sectors are therefore essential not only for advancement of sustainable forest management, but for sustainable development in general. This publication has been prepared to improve awareness and understanding of potential positive and negative impacts of policies outside the forest sector on sustainable forest management, and to lead to more harmonized policies among forestry administrations and other sectoral agencies and stakeholders. It was inspired by a technical session on cross-sectoral linkages in forestry organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) at the 22nd World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Brisbane, Australia, in 2005. We have selected a number of papers presented at the session for inclusion in this publication. Additional invited contributions have been requested to broaden and substantiate the theme

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