the indigenous peoples who inhabit the forest or claim it as their traditional home and any people who live in or near the forest and have traditionally been directly and to a large extent dependent on the forest
IPF (1997) kutsus olulisi organisatsioone üles läbi viima vabatahtliku sertifitseerimis- ja märgistamisskeemide järgmiste aspektide uuringuid: ... Kohalike kogukondade, teiste metsast sõltuvate elanike ja väikeste metsade omanike erivajadused ...
Activities to be carried out under this Regulation shall aim at: ...
- ensuring active participation of forest-dependent people and local communities in the development of national forest policies and in development planning ...