Exclusive versus inclusive devolution in forest management: Insights from forest land allocation in Vietnam's Central Highlands

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Sikor ◽  
Tran Ngoc Thanh
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Allocation ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Central Highlands

Forestry Policy and Legitimacy: The Case of Forest Devolution in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 848-862
Author(s):  
Thi Kim Phung Dang
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Land Allocation ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Forestry Policy ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Intrinsic Values ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Livelihood Improvement ◽  
Research Findings

Although forest devolution has become a key strategy of forestry reforms to mobilise local resources for sustainable forest management, there is growing concern about the legitimacy of this strategy. There have been escalating disputes between forestry agencies and local people as to who receives the rights to forests. Examining the policy of forest land allocation in Vietnam helps us to understand this legitimacy issue. Research findings from three case studies show trade-offs between the two policies’ goals, environmental protection and livelihood improvement, due to locals’ low awareness of the intrinsic values of forests and their lack of knowledge regarding the policy.

scholarly journals Restructuring space in the name of development: the sociocultural impact of the Forest Land Allocation Program on the indigenous Co Tu people in Central Vietnam

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak ◽  
Tran Nam Tu ◽  
Paul Burgers
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Land Allocation ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
Indigenous Forest

The Forest Land Allocation (FLA) program was introduced by the Vietnamese government in 1991 and it allowed communities, household groups and households to receive forest land for long term use (50 years). The main assumption of this program was that with ownership, households would have greater incentives to preserve forests. But the State, through its formal agencies, still decides how the forests will be used and managed. There have been unintended socio-cultural consequences of this program affecting Vietnam's forest-dependent indigenous communities. The study focused on two Co Tu villages in Central Vietnam. Their livelihoods and their culture, institutions, social life, customs, and religious beliefs are linked to surrounding forests. The FLA program has altered the traditional forest management practices and systems of the Co Tu people, as well as their traditional institutions, particularly the role of the village patriarch, and to a lesser extent their perceptions of 'nature'. The FLA program has consolidated the power of formal institutions in both villages.Keywords: Forest Land Allocation program, Indigenous forest management systems, Co Tu people of Central Vietnam, socio-cultural impact of development interventions, nature conservation, paradigms of nature.

scholarly journals Situation und Anliegen der Waldeigentümer – einige Gedanken (Essay)

2014 ◽  
Vol 165 (8) ◽  
pp. 224-227
Author(s):  
Markus Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Increasing Demand

Situation and concerns of forest owners - some notions (essay) The swiss forest economy is expecting huge challenges due to major changes in national and international circumstances. The main task in future time will be to combine proven traditions and principles with new and probably massif changes in an optimized way. We must be aware of the fact that some existing methods of forest management and sylviculture will eventually have to be adapted in a quite extensive and fundamental way. Swiss forest land owners must be recognized again as the main actors and the most important stakeholder concerning forest matters. There has been a very long period of reducing forest owners property rights and liberty of action, this process has to be stopped now. The increasing demand for existing and new non-wood forest products and services and for further limitations in forest management must be satisfied increasingly on a voluntarely basis (product selling, service agreements), rather than by tightening up the forest and other forest-related laws. The well-known «wake theory» in Swiss forest economy doesn't work anymore in its traditional form.

Upwards from the Plateau

1968 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
G. H. Bayly
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
The Future

The development of the forester's leadership role in forest land management is compared to rising profile of land between a sea or lake shoreline and a range of mountains, the progression is upward but the rate of climb changes. No plateau is identified. Reference is made to forestry leadership in several fields of forest land management; administration, land use, planning, research, forest management, recreational land use and fish and wildlife management. It is noted that forest land management includes activities for which foresters were not academically trained and reference is made to the fact that non-foresters, e.g. biologists and geographers are giving leadership in forest land management and thus providing beneficial competition and stimulation. The most important leadership role in the future may relate to regional planning. The forestry profession is cautioned not to abdicate this field to those in other disciplines.

The economics of using forests to increase carbon storage

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 2223-2234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Boyland
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Time Value ◽  
Planning Horizons ◽  
Northern Forests

Changes in forest-management practices have the potential to increase forest land carbon storage, which would help to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere linked to climate change and contribute to Kyoto Protocol targets for signatory countries. However, successfully increasing carbon storage while maintaining economic profitability is challenging because of the long planning horizons required for many forest activities and slow carbon sequestration rates in northern forests. The literature on the economics of forest management for carbon storage is unfortunately sparse and, in many instances, confused and misleading. Three carbon valuation equations are widely used that give contradictory results, with two of them (flow summation and average storage) ignoring the time-value carbon benefits and other essential data. Only the discounted carbon equation gives reasonably interpretable economic results. As well, many studies have omitted essential economic gradients that result in structurally questionable results. I review the literature, highlighting deficiencies in equations and how analyses are structured with the intent to produce a reasonable method of interpreting previous work and advice for future studies.

scholarly journals FOREST RESOURCES: FOREST INVENTORY INDICATORS OF THEIR ACCOUNTING AND USE IN THE SYSTEM OF ECONOMY OF FORESTRY MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (04) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Andrii BOBKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Forestry Management ◽  
Domestic Practice ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Former Ussr ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The article deals with a brief outline of development of forestry in Ukraine and its reforming in recent years. In particular, its formation in the Kiev province has been considered since the beginning of forestry as an industry of plant growing. The same applies to the twentieth century, with emphasis on changing the economic efficiency of forestry during its second half. The basic forest inventory terms “forest”, “forest fund”, “forest management”, their definition and compliance with European forestry standards are analyzed. They were compared by description in the countries of the former USSR and in the ECE/FAO legislation. It is proved that the most complete and understandable for definition of content of land use is the term “forest” as it is described by the ECE/FAO: “forest is a land”. More precisely – forest land. This description includes all the most typical components of FES (Forest Eco System), although it does not use this term. Without the introduction of the term “component”, the concept of “forest” as an object of accounting and observation remains ambiguous, little defined, allegedly at the time of the emergence of forestry as an industry of crop production and the lack of properly educated specialists. For discussion and adoption, it is proposed to use the description of the term “forest” = “forest land” in relation to its content of the first level according to SSCLU (Standard Statistic Classification of Laud Use) of the ECE/FAO UN as the most correct. The author proposes to refine it somewhat in terms of quantitative indicators of the domestic practice of forestry and forest management, and determine its by the formula proposed. It should be especially noted that assessment of dynamics of forest inventory indicators of status of the “forest land” category should find objective and targeted application when developing the forestry projects and forming the sustainable FES, taking into account the norms of environmental protection.

Wald und Waldbewirtschaftung im Kanton Zürich – erstaunlich vielfältig!

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (7) ◽  
pp. 257-261
Author(s):  
Konrad Noetzli
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recreation Area

Forest and forest management in Canton Zurich – surprisingly varied! The forest in Canton Zurich is surprisingly diversified. The demands made upon it are just as varied. In particular forests near towns combine the functions of protection, productivity and welfare. More than half the forest land is in private ownership. In these circumstances it is not easy to fulfil all functions of the forest, whilst ensuring its sustainable management and use. In order to do this, Canton Zurich uses two instruments: a locally based forestry service present on the terrain, and a solid forestry planning at various levels. The reinforcement and continuation of these institutions are decisive in order to maintain the forest as a habitat, an economic and a recreation area. Only a far-sighted treatment of our forests, an intensive dialogue between forest owners and those who benefit from the forest, and the negotiation of workable compromises can guarantee that we may profit from forest products and services in the future.

The features of designing on forest lands in Russian Federation.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.А. Добровольский
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Forest Lands ◽  
Forest Plans ◽  
Limited List

В работе проанализирована современная ситуация с проектированием на землях лесного фонда, переданных в пользование под различные цели. Действующее лесное законодательство Российской Федерации предусматривает широкий список возможных видов использования лесов, многие из которых не имеют отношения к ведению лесного хозяйства. При этом существует ограниченный перечень договоров на основании которых лесные участки могут быть переданы в пользование. Исходя из трактовки действующего законодательства, использование лесов должно осуществляться в соответствии с лесным планом субъекта Российской Федерации, лесохозяйственными регламентами лесничеств (лесопарков), а также на основании договоров, на основании которых лесные участки передаются в пользование, и заключенных соглашений. Анализ нормативно-правовой базы, а также существующей практики позволил выявить проблемы, связанные с практическим применением ряда документов, регламентирующих разработку проектной документации на лесные участки. По результатам проведенного анализа предложено внести ряд изменений в нормативно-правовые акты Российской Федерации, регламентирующие использование лесов. Предлагаемые изменения касаются в первую очередь использования лесов, переданных по договорам безвозмездного пользования и по договорам постоянного (бессрочного) пользования. Также в работе проанализированы особенности разработки проектной документации на лесные участки, используемые для целей, не связанных с заготовкой древесины и ведением лесного хозяйства. По результатам выявленных пробелов в законодательстве предложено внести изменения в подзаконные нормативно-правовые акты, регламентирующие особенности создания объектов лесной инфраструктуры и особенности создания объектов не связанных с созданием лесной инфраструктуры. The article present results of analysis of current situation with the designing on forest lands. The paper analyzed the current situation with the design on forest land transferred for use under different objectives. Current forestry legislation of the Russian Federation provides a list of possible uses of forests, many of which are not related to forest management. At the same time there is a limited list of contracts under which forest land may be leased out. Based on the interpretation of existing legislation, the use of forests should be managed in accordance with forest plans of the Russian Federation, forest management regulations of forest districts (or parks), as well as on the basis of contracts under which forest areas are used. Analysis of the legal acts as well as current practices revealed problems with the practical application of a number of documents regulating the development of projecting and planning in forest sector. According to the results of the analysis suggested a number of changes in the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation governing the use of forests. The proposed changes relate primarily to the use of forests on the base of contracts of gratuitous use and contracts of permanent (perpetual) use. Also we analyze the features of the development of design documentation for the forest areas to be used for purposes not related to timber harvesting and forest management. As a result it is proposed to amend the normative acts governing the features of creation of forest infrastructure objects, and especially the creation of objects not related to forest infrastructure on forest lands.

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