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111 | II Série A - Número: 152S1 | 10 de Setembro de 2008

(p) Noting that timber is an energy-efficient, renewable and environmentally friendly raw material compared with competing products;
(q) Recognizing the need for increased investment in sustainable forest management, including through reinvesting revenues generated from forests, including from timber-related trade;
(r) Also recognizing the benefits of market prices that reflect the costs of sustainable forest management; (s) Further recognizing the need for enhanced and predictable financial resources from a broad donor community to help achieve the objectives of this Agreement;
(t) 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:
(a) 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;
(b) Providing a forum for consultation to promote non-discriminatory timber trade practices;
(c) Contributing to sustainable development and to poverty alleviation;
(d) Enhancing the capacity of members to implement strategies for achieving exports of tropical timber and timber products from sustainably managed sources;