Model forests are voluntary associations between various economic, political and social sectors that share a territory and form alliances for the development and sustainable management of their forest resources. A model forest is both a geographic area with a governance approach to forest management where the needs and interests of local actors are translated into a shared strategy for sustainable development.
A living laboratory for sustainable forest development practices will need to use the concept of model forests to be able to get the funding and government support needed to achieve their goals. In addition, this type of laboratory must be an international institution, as its objectives can expand worldwide.
For this reason, an appropriate name for this lab should be International Model Forest Program.
All states must accept the laws and records of other states as valid.
Section 1 states that if a state sanction a public act, record or judicial proceeding according to the manner in which Congress's law prevented, it must be recognized by other states.
