It is consensus based and suggests a wide range of activities by all parts of the forest sector, to be undertaken on a voluntary basis through ad hoc partnerships. In addition, forest workers often have lower than average wages, relatively low social prestige, and have to work in remote areas, in uncomfortable conditions. Meanwhile, the nature of forest work is changing, becoming more technical, with increasing mechanisation, and with a higher stress on communication: forest workers need more technical skills and forest district managers must often have advanced political or consensus forming skills, as they work not only with the forest owners, but also local authorities, other sectors and a wide range of different forest users and interested publics. Nevertheless, tropical deforestation, illegal logging and other unsustainable practices continue in many regions. However, many forest functions do not have recognised monetary value, and forest owners receive no income from them. This may lead to distortion of management choices, as owners give priority to those functions which bring income.