In Bolivia, there has been a shift in authority over forests from the central government to municipal governments, recognition of indigenous peoples' property rights and a reallocation of some public forest from central to municipal levels.

Forest applications include forest area estimation and mapping, forest monitoring, forest fire assessment and forest management.

Municipal policy

Municipal Legislation

Municipal districts

Municipal administration

Municipal actions

Rent of Qalqilia Municipal Hospital Rent of Qalqilia Municipal Hospital, 1997

The forest ecosystem and forest resources

Municipal Economy Act.

Municipal Revenues Act.

State (municipal) housing

A. Municipal level

In the forest. Always in the forest.

1998 Municipal Elections Representation of both men and women, by region, in Municipal Assemblies.

Make for the forest! To the forest, quick!

Number of municipal councils

Is this municipal administration?

Around 80 per cent of the municipal assembly and municipal committee meetings provide adequate translation.

Municipalities construct housing units on municipal plots using funds from the Housing Construction Municipal Fund.

Forest

Forest

Forest operations and the forest industry provide employment and income to millions of workers and forest dwellers.

(y) Enhance access by households, small scale forest owners, forest dependent local and indigenous communities, living in and outside forest areas, to forest resources and relevant markets in order to support livelihoods and income diversification from forest management, consistent with sustainable forest management.

The supervision and administration of the municipal schools, mainly the Folkeskole, rests with the municipal council.

Health care centres, hospitals and related establishments are under municipal administration and financed from municipal budgets.

Promote genuine community based forest management that empowers forest peoples.

(b) State and municipal enterprises

UMATAs municipal technical assistance units

to Colombo municipal district, 1993

Gaza municipal infrastructure 5 million

I am the municipal authority.

Forest management.

Forest restoration

Forest preservation

Forest reforestation

Forest ecosystems

This forest...

Forest fire?

C. Greater recognition of sustainable forest management and forest products trade

(j) Promoting improved forest practices through strengthening sustainable forest management standards

While forest biodiversity continues to decline as a result of deforestation, forest degradation and associated fragmentation of forest habitats, strong efforts are now being made to reverse this trend by restoring the forest functions in degraded forest landscapes.

Costa Rica created municipal commissions on the status of women and a national network of municipal women's offices.

The owner of the forest also has a duty to take measures to reduce the possibility of the forest damage and restrict its distribution to monitor forest situation and to notify the State Forest Service of determined forest damage.

Forest fiscal reform provides opportunities to increase revenues generated from forest resources.