Declaration of the Baltic Assembly on sustainable management of forests and certification of sustainably managed forests.

Baltic Assembly recommends that the Baltic Council of Ministers shall: 1) harmonize forest policies in the countries concerned towards the achievement of the goals of a sustainable forest management; 2) harmonize forest policies and legal regulations to remove obstacles for the companies in the countries concerned when obtaining certification of forests under their management, if the market situation so requires; 3) promote exchange of information between the decision-makers of the forestry sector of the Baltic States concerning sustainable management of forests, the certification of sustainably managed forests, and the labelling of products coming from the above sources; 4) promote the development of a common understanding of the fact that the three Baltic States — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — have to support each other in a broader European context, addressing the aforesaid issues.