An Approach to Forest and Conservation Policy in Southeast Asia
Bull, Gary | February 2017
Abstract
Forest and conservation policy in Southeast Asia is now at yet another crossroads. Despite decades of efforts, the challenges ahead remain formidable. These challenges include: (i) continued deforestation and degradation of forest; (ii) limited recognition of forests in climate change policy; (iii) increased impacts from a demand for bioenergy and biofuels; (iv) tenure and access conflicts; and, (v) continued loss of forest biodiversity. Overlaying these challenges are broader societal challenges of human population growth, poverty, changing patterns of consumption and the perceived need to continually grow economies.
The success in conserving and managing forests depends upon effective governance mechanisms that are transparent, participatory and accountable. It also requires tools that allow different policy actors to evaluate effectiveness at multiple scales: local, regional, national and international. Actions at one scale alone, whether global or local, are insufficient. The forests and its people need to find the energy and will to address the key forest problems we face in the 21st century with a new approach to policy and a new suite of tools to measure progress.
Citation
Bull, Gary. 2017. An Approach to Forest and Conservation Policy in Southeast Asia. © S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7117.Keywords
Forestry
Sustainable development
Agricultural products
Industrial Production
Industrial Policy
Industrial Equipment
Industrial Facilities
Wood Production
Wood Processing
Milling Industry
Forest Products Industry
Construction Industry
Plywood Industry
Agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Agroforestry
Forests and forestry
Tree crop
Forestry schools and education
Forest productivity
Lumber
Sustainable forestry
Lumber and lumbering
Forest conservation
Wood products
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