to maintain the longterm resilience and biodiversity of the forest ecosystem the ecological benefits of forests are not adequately balanced against commercial and recreation interests to achieve conservation goals especially those related to clearcutting patterns and the age limit of harvested species still the formulation of these key documents for the forestry sector mainly involved institutional actors and professional forestry and academic communities and lacked active participation of the private sector local communities and civil society organizations also the consideration of crosssectoral aspects such as biodiversity conservation and climate change was insufficient and a monitoring system for the forestry development strategic plan s implementation is not yet defined the status of the forestry industry has been at the centre of political debate in recent years as it is considered rather underdeveloped given the vastness of the resources