2 2.2 Specific objectives Launch of the validation process, which gives more dynamism to the ACT. Establish a fundamental consensus on the applicability of indicators. Develop new proposals for indicators, amend the text and delete indicators that are not considered applicable. Contribute to the analysis of sustainable forest development in each of the ACT Member States. Promote the development of a participatory process of forest concentration. With new conceptual elements, contribute to national and regional discussions to develop, formulate and adopt criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. 2.3 IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS The law has given political priority to the process of national consultations on the Tarapoto proposal, in order to reach a national consensus on the applicability of the indicators on the basis of the reality of each Member State and to harmonise forestry and environmental legislation and policy proposals. The national consultations also identified the institutional capacities and limitations of the public and private sectors, as well as the need to define scientific and technical mechanisms and procedures for the collection, systematization and analysis of information needed for decision-making. The national consultations also provided an analysis of the legal and institutional framework to promote sustainable forest development, the need to establish appropriate agreement and participation processes, with the participation of civil society, and finally to discuss the relevant elements of the sustainability of the Amazon rainforest and the degree of integration of different indicators to assess a criterion. Between December 1996 and June 2000, the eight national consultations were conducted, with the financial assistance of the Government of Finland and the technical assistance of the FAO project GCP/RLA/128/NET, in support of the PTS – ACT.
City Campaign Date No. of the number of the participating institutions Colombia Leticia 25 November, We believe that the reforms of the political and judicial system proposed by the Government of President Vizcarra, which took place during the referendum of 9 November. We welcome and see the necessary approval, but we also believe that they are insufficient and that there is no other way for our country and the Amazon to build a new pact or a social, political, cultural, spiritual and ethical agreement, of the territories and the interior, in a new state constitution, expresses the expectations and contributions of the whole country. President Juan Manuel Santos travelled to Puerto Nariño on Thursday to present the Ramsar Declaration to the Colombian people and said: “This is a magical place […] with very special characteristics. The President also praised the hard work of indigenous groups to protect Tarapoto through an intergovernmental agreement. “No one can come and destroy these riches.