Forestry management for sustainable development. EDI Policy Seminar Report 32
Forests will continue to disappear rapidly, the authors contend, until they are recognized as a valuable economic resource. This paper examines the causes of deforestation in Asia and suggests practical ways to achieve sustainable forest management. The report focuses on commercial logging, demand for firewood and fodder, and clearing forest land for farming. Economic policies and forest institutions have failed to protect natural forests. The authors point out technical problems that hinder forest management, such as improper tree harvesting. They describe conflicting goals among forest users and government investments that deplete forests. The authors argue that sustainable forest management calls for sound pricing policies and strong institutions to enforce them. They discuss benefit-sharing schemes that give local people incentives to protect forests and new ways to manage tree plantations to serve many different users. Detailed case studies look at effective forest management programs in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. The paper examines profitable opportunities for trade in environmental services. Such trade would involve industrial countries paying developing nations not to clear their natural forests. The protected forests would help reduce global carbon emissions and preserve biodiversity.
- Research Organization:
- World Bank Group, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 538830
- Report Number(s):
- WB-0126/XAB; ISBN 0-8213-2597-3; TRN: 72886841
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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