**4.2 District management sub-process**

Forest District Management Plans (FDMPs) are intended to bridge the gap between the PFG and the management plans and actions of Forest Management Units (FMUs). According to the most recent draft Plan Forestal de España-PFE (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente 2002), this is the level in the management hierarchy where it is most appropriate to accommodate strategic social and economic development objectives defined by local communities and group and also consider landscape-level environmental constraints and objectives that require planning across forest ownership boundaries (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, 2002). It should be noted that the PFE established general goals and guidelines for lower levels of planning in order ensure the fulfillment of the international commitments assumed by the Spanish government.
