scholarly journals REDD+ policy translation and storylines in Laos

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 436-455
Author(s):  
Sabaheta Ramcilovik-Suominen ◽  
Iben Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Donor Funding ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Policy Translation ◽  
The Village ◽  
Civic Environmentalism

This article examines the (re)production of discourses and storylines in the process of policy translation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in Laos. Applying the concepts of policy discourses and policy translation, we first identify the prominent storylines at the various governance levels in Laos. Second, we compare and contrast these storylines with the global REDD+ discourses. Further, we discuss how different actors' capacities and political agendas shape REDD+ storylines at different levels of governance. We find that national and sub-national storylines portray REDD+ mainly as a tool for supporting Laos' forestry strategy and sustainable forest management; for capacity-building and donor funding; and for village forest management and education of villagers. At the village level, many see REDD+ as a project for various political elites and external actors to control forests and cheat villagers. We conclude that, while globally there is increasing attention to civic-environmentalism in REDD+, neoliberalist and techno-managerial discourses still dominate. At the village level, however, civic-environmentalist ideas, such as social safeguards, benefit sharing, and equity largely disappear and two opposing discourses emerge representing anti-civic ideas and REDD+ resentment.  Furthermore, while techno-managerial ideas permeate all levels in Laos, neoliberalist ideas in terms of carbon trading are almost absent. During policy translation, REDD+ thus transforms into "just another" top-down development project. This serves the interest of Laos's techno-managerial elite well, but has little positive prospect for local people and forests. In this perspective, the lack of alternative discourse-coalitions promoting non-carbon benefits, social safeguards, and equity is striking.Key Words: REDD+, Laos, policy translation, environmental discourses, neoliberalism, civic environmentalism 

Forest tenure and rights: a constraint to community forest management in Cameroon and the REDD+ initiative

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
E. A. Enow ◽  
T. O. Egute ◽  
E. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Forest Practices ◽  
Forest Tenure

The link between Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, with the enhancement of forest carbon stock (REDD+) and Community Forest Management (CFM) as a necessary local action on the forest, is continuously being challenged. CFM has been a suitable option in achieving sustainable forest practices in the tropics. The factors that contribute to its success will likely contribute to the success of REDD+ programs in Cameroon. Nevertheless, the opportunity and challenges in integrating the two concepts to achieve the objectives require careful analysis, considering the challenges facing the country’s tenure system. This article makes use of an in-depth content analysis of several documents concerning the subject matter and tries to examine the extent to which forest tenure and rights are a constraint to CFM in Cameroon and the REDD+ Initiative and assess how these concepts can work together to achieve sustainable forest management and a reduction in deforestation and forest degradation. The assessment shows several bottlenecks and discrepancies concerning tenure rights in the community forest and carbon rights when it concerns incentive-based benefit-sharing mechanisms under the REDD+ process. It reveals that the state may likely maintain centralization of forest tenure if the issues are not clarified. The article concludes with a proposal of an urgent need for domestic legal reforms to secure forest protection achieve the objectives of international forest policy initiatives like REDD+.

scholarly journals Tingkat Kesejahtaraan Masyarakat Desa Sari Tani Sebagai Desa Penyangga Kawasan Suaka Margasatwa Nantu-Boliyohuto

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Rahmat Biki ◽  
Dewi Wahyuni K Baderan ◽  
Marini Susanti Hamidun
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Welfare Level ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Welfare Indicator ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
The Village

It is essential to involve communities in the surrounding areas or buffer zones towards effective and efficient forest area management in the management of forest conservation areas. As one of the supporting villages in the Nantu-Boliyohuto Wildlife Sanctuary area, Sari Tani Village is located in the Wonosari sub-district, Boalemo Regency, which needs to be a part of a collaboration or partner in sustainable forest management. Therefore, the community's welfare in the buffer village should be a common concern as a manifestation of the vision of sustainable forest management. Accordingly, this research seeks to measure the welfare level of the community in the village. The data were generated from interviews and observations on 85 families as research samples. Those were further analyzed using descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative methods, referring to eight welfare indicator criteria based on the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS 2016) with weighting or scoring. The results indicated that the score of the welfare indicator assessment was 13. It means that the welfare level of the Sari Tani village community was in the low category number interval. Thus, it is suggested to develop the village area as the smallest government administration area and as a buffer village for the Nantu-Boliyohuto wildlife sanctuary area using an approach to indicators that affect the level of welfare, viz. education, employment, levels and patterns of consumption, and poverty.  

scholarly journals Prospects for Nordic intensive forest management solutions in the Republic of Karelia

Silva Fennica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Senko ◽  
Mikko Kurttila ◽  
Timo Karjalainen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
Forest Stand Structure

In this study, the prospects for future forest management in Republic of Karelia, Russia were analyzed. Forestry has an important role in the economy of Karelia. However, productivity and profitability in the forestry sector are extremely low, forest stand structure and quality are weak, the commercial forest land of coniferous species has declined and the wood processing industry struggles with a deficit of raw materials. The situation is typical to many forest regions in Russia with extensive forest management cited as one reason for the current situation. In contrast, the Nordic countries have significant experience in intensive and sustainable forest management and the results have been to a large extent positive. The transfer of Nordic intensive forest management solutions (NIFMS) could improve forestry in Karelia. SWOT analysis, combined with the multi-criteria decision support (MCDS) method was used to identify local operational environments and to assign priorities. Major threats included unprepared regulations, poor road infrastructure, insecure investments, low forestry productivity, forest degradation, high investment costs and a negative attitude to intensive forestry. The main opportunities are high forest resource potential in Karelia, favorable authority development programs, proven Nordic expertise, wood-based energy development and availability of new technology. Results also showed that the main weaknesses that might influence the NIFMS in Karelia are slow return on investments, low market demand for energy wood, high costs associated with young forest thinnings, high demand for skilled specialists and a lack of investment in research and development.

scholarly journals 25 Years of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: How Intergovernmental C&I Processes Have Made a Difference

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Linser ◽  
Bernhard Wolfslehner ◽  
Simon Bridge ◽  
David Gritten ◽  
Steven Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
The Earth ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

Growing concern about forest degradation and loss, combined with the political impetus supplied by the Earth Summit in 1992, led to the establishment of eleven intergovernmental, regional, and international forest-related processes focused on the use of criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management (SFM). Up to 171 countries have participated in these processes to apply C&I frameworks as a tool for data collection, monitoring, assessment, and reporting on SFM and on achieving various forest-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Based on an expert survey and literature analysis we identify six interlinked impact domains of C&I efforts: (1) enhanced discourse and understanding of SFM; (2) shaped and focused engagement of science in SFM; (3) improved monitoring and reporting on SFM to facilitate transparency and evidence-based decision-making; (4) strengthened forest management practices; (5) facilitated assessment of progress towards SFM goals; and (6) improved forest-related dialog and communication. We conclude that the 25-year history of C&I work in forestry has had significant positive impacts, though challenges do remain for the implementation of C&I and progress towards SFM. The work should be continued and carried over to other sectors to advance sustainability goals more broadly.

scholarly journals Sustainable Forest Management, FLEGT, and REDD+: Exploring Interlinkages to Strengthen Forest Policy Coherence

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne ◽  
Mathias Cramm ◽  
Jo Van Brusselen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
Forest Law ◽  
Verification Systems

Sustainable forest management (SFM) is a concept that guides forest management and policy globally. Over the past decades, two prominent regimes have emerged at the global level that can strengthen SFM: The European Union's Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) and the United Nations’ mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). However, the understanding of how FLEGT and REDD+ can interlink with SFM to strengthen forest policy coherence is limited. Enhancing knowledge about interlinkages and synergies is important in view of recent global commitments to strengthen policy coherence. This study employed content analysis of the main global policy documents related to FLEGT and REDD+ to identify (i) the potential contributions of the two regimes to SFM, and (ii) strategies to manage the interlinkages among SFM, FLEGT, and REDD+. The results revealed several potential interlinkages, such as monitoring, reporting, and verification systems, establishing the enabling conditions of SFM, and addressing drivers of forest degradation. However, the interlinkages must be managed if their potential is to be realized. For this, the study proposes three approaches to managing the interlinkages and catalyzing progress toward SFM.

scholarly journals Focusing on Forest Administration Systems in Analyzing Joint Forest Management: A Case Study of PHBM in Java, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko Ota
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Joint Forest Management ◽  
Management Mechanism ◽  
Elite Capture ◽  
Village Level

The present study analyzes PHBM (Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Hutan Bersama Masyarakat), a joint forest management mechanism implemented by the State Forest Corporation (SFC) and village-level committees (LMDHs) in Java, Indonesia, in terms of forest administration systems. SFC had maintained conventional organizational structures and staffing systems, and frontline foresters mostly focused on their conventional tasks, including patrolling and policing, and were not structurally functioning as the interface of or facilitators for PHBM. SFC appears to have separated existing forestry operations and PHBM matters. As a result, PHBM matters such as the use of benefit sharing inside villages were simply entrusted to executive members of LMDHs with room for elite capture. A whole-organizational approach, in which general frontline foresters’ tasks are more integrated into participatory approach, would be recommended.

scholarly journals Farmers’ Perception on Forest Degradation in Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana: Implication for Developing Sustainable Forest Management Strategy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gebreyesus Brhane Brhane Tesfahunegn ◽  
Elias Ayuk ◽  
Kwasi Godfried Samuel Adiku
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Logistic Analysis ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Bush Fire ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
Energy Options

Abstract BackgroundGhana’s forest land is under threat of degradation. Even though forest degradation is reported as serious environmental problem, the nature and extent of farmers’ perception on forest degradation has not been adequately reported. In this study, we have attempted to examine farmers’ perception on forest degradation in the study villages from the Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana and imply for developing forest management strategy. ResultsIn both regions study villages, farmers’ socioeconomic, farm and institutional attributes varied significantly among the farmers in which this could influence their perception on forest degradation. In this study, the main direct causes of forest degradation were perceived by most farmers’ (> 90%) as high firewood and charcoal demand and wildfire/bush fire. Similarly, poverty and population pressures were perceived by significantly higher proportions of the farmers as the major indirect causes of forest degradation. In study regions, significantly higher proportions of the respondents (97%) perceived that there is no forest near to their residence or farmland in 2017. This study showed that significantly higher proportions of the framers perceived that many plant species (e.g., Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis)) and animal species (e.g., Leopard (Panthera pardus)) were disappeared due to forest degradation. In this study, the majority of the respondents also identified other forest degradation indicators such as temperature increased and rainfall irregularity. The most frequently noted strategy to reduce forest degradation that perceived by significantly higher proportions of the respondents (95.6%) were strengthening and enforcement of forest rules and strategies. The binary logistic analysis result indicated that age, education, farming experience and income were the determinant variables common in both study villages that influenced significantly farmers’ perception on forest degradation. ConclusionThis study shows that significantly higher proportions of the farmers well perceived the causes, indicators and consequences of forest degradation in their village. The perception of farmers on forest degradation can support for decision-making while suggested suitable forest management strategy for their village condition such as introduction of environmental regulations and rules, strengthening farmer-extension system, energy options to replace firewood and charcoal and massive reforestation and afforestation programmes.

scholarly journals Analisis Pendapatan Dan Kesejahteraan Petani Agroforestri Di Kelurahan Sumber Agung Kecamatan Kemiling Kota Bandar Lampung

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Randy Rizki Syofiandi ◽  
Rudi Hilmanto ◽  
Susni Herwanti
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
The Village

Forestry development always pay attention and aims to realize sustainable forest management (SFM) because it’s function is very important in supporting life and social welfare. This study aims to (1) identify the structure of agroforestry farmers' household income (2) to analyze the distribution of the income of farmers agroforestry (3) to analyze the level of poverty of farmers agroforestry. The samples in this study using simple random sampling method as much as 41 respondents. The results obtained from this study are: (1) The structure of the income of farmers at the village Sumber Agung agroforestry comes from agroforestry farming income of Rp 11,675,317.07 (68.67%), and the effort is not agroforestry Rp 5,327,804.88 (31.33%). (2) The distribution of the income of farmers at the Sumber Agung village agroforestry tend not evenly among farmers, with a gini ratio value of 0,4. (3) The poverty rate agroforestry farming family at the Sumber Agung village average are in the category of near poor and poor, amounting to 60.97%. Keywords: income, income distribution, level of poverty

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