ob sklicevanju na sklepe glede gozdov, sprejete na Konferenci Združenih narodov o okolju in razvoju leta 1992, predloge za ukrepanje, ki sta jih dala Medvladni odbor za gozdove in Medvladni forum za gozdove, Razširjen program dela o biotski pestrosti gozdov, ki se nanaša na Konvencijo o biotski pestrosti gozdov, ter na izid Svetovnega vrha o trajnostnem razvoju;
Recalling the forest-related decisions adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the Proposals for Action by the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity relating to the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as the outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development;