National Forest Policy 2009. Country/Territory Zambia Document type Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Water Keyword Access and benefit-sharing Access-to-information Afforestation/reforestation Biodiversity Biosafety Business/industry/corporations Capacity building Certification Climate change Collecting/harvesting Community management Concession Cultural heritage Data collection/reporting Pests/diseases Ecosystem preservation Education EIA Equity Extension Forest management/forest conservation Forest fires Forest service/forest officers Forest species Forestry protection measures Fuelwood Gender GMO Governance Integrated management Internal trade International trade Inventory Timber extraction/logging Marking/identification Monitoring Non-governmental entity Non-timber products Smallholders/peasants Policy/planning Plant protection Poverty Precautionary principle Protection of environment Protection of species Public participation Public private partnership (PPP) Recreational forest Research Risk assessment/management Rural employment Rural youth Social protection Soil conservation/soil improvement Sustainable development Sustainable use Timber Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Basin/catchment/watershed Water conservation zone Geographical area Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries Abstract The National Forest Policy is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach. The goal of the Policy is to ensure protection of the environment, management and development of natural resources and their efficient use. Full text English Website www.fao.org