Forest pricing and concession policies: Managing the high forest of west and Central Africa. World Bank Technical Paper 143; Politique de redevances et de concessions forestires: gestion des futaies en afrique occidentale et centrale

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:538829

Grut, M; Gray, J A; Egli, N

This French edition of Forest Pricing and Concession Policies: Managing the High Forest of West and Central Africa describes forest revenue systems and concession policies in the tropical moist hardwood forests of West and Central Africa. Virtually all the forests of Africa are publicly owned by central governments or local communities. Revenues from these forests are generally very low due to low forest fees and low collection rates. The lack of concession fees encourages acquisition and waste rather than management and conservation, leading to the allocation of large areas as logging concessions. This paper reviews current issues in silviculture, tenure, concession management, and biological and financial sustainable development. Until the fledgling forestry departments of governments in West and Central Africa are strengthened, the report concludes that a simple system of forest fees should be implemented. The report recommends that such a system emphasize bidding and concession fees. Three specific options in forest pricing are examined for a proposed system; annual concession rent; annual concession rent set by competitive bidding; logging concessions replaced by forest management concessions.

• Research Organization: World Bank Group, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 538829
• Report Number(s): WB-0125/XAB; ISBN 0-8213-2592-2; TRN: 72886840
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: Text in French; PBD: 1 Dec 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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