6. Recalls that whilst the forests are the sovereign possessions of the state where they are located, the forest environment is a common heritage of humankind and must be protected, preserved and, where practicable, restored with the ultimate aim of maintaining global biodiversity and ecosystem functions, protecting the climate system, and safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities; therefore invites partner governments in Africa and third countries to develop land-use and resource management plans that will achieve these objectives, and to identify where and how much support would be needed from fore ...[+++]ign partners and international organisations to move those objectives forward;

6. Recalls that whilst the forests are the sovereign possessions of the state where they are located, the forest environment is a common heritage of humankind and must be protected, preserved and, where practicable, restored with the ultimate aim of maintaining global biodiversity and ecosystem functions, protecting the climate system, and safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities; therefore invites partner governments in Africa and third countries to develop land-use and resource management plans that will achieve these objectives, and to identify where and how much support would be needed from fore ...[+++]ign partners and international organisations to move those objectives forward;

6. Recalls that whilst the forests are the sovereign possessions of the state where they are located, the forest environment is a common heritage of humankind and must be protected, preserved and, where practicable, restored with the ultimate aim of maintaining global biodiversity and ecosystem functions, protecting the climate system, and safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities; therefore invites partner governments in Africa and third countries to develop land-use and resource management plans that will achieve these objectives, and to identify where and how much support would be needed from fore ...[+++]ign partners and international organisations to move those objectives forward;

Support for specific methods of land management should contribute to sustainable development by encouraging farmers and forest holders in particular to employ methods of land use compatible with the need to preserve the natural environment and landscape and protect and improve natural resources.

To facilitate the restructuring of the sector and protect the environment, the Member States may provide, among other things, for transfers without land by granting an allowance to producers who give up all or part of their production, by centralising and supervising offers and requests for transfers without land, or by determining, on the basis of objective criteria, the regions and collection areas within which transfers of reference quantities without land are authorised, with the aim of improving the structure of production.

Even though the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has accepted the Commission's decision on the acquisition of land in eastern Germany under the Equalisation Act of 20 January 1999 and gave notification on 1 September 1999 of a new Bill amending the Compensation and Equalisation Act, will it still be legally possible for the Federal Republic of Germany to apply for the exceptional approval of the land acquisition programme in the form criticised by the Commission if the recent national legislative procedure in this matter fails?