Forestry Sciences

By: A.I. Fraser

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Hardcover | 31 January 2003

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Policy issues relating to forestry have been the subject of much debate in recent years, and many countries and international agencies have recently, or are currently in the process, of revising their policies for forestry. Much of this debate has implied that previous policies have failed or been much less successful than had been hoped. There is a tendency to think of policy as a matter for governments, but it is now more widely appreciated that all shareholders in the forestry sector have a legitimate interest in both the policy objectives and the means that will be used to implement it.

This book is mainly concerned with the process of developing policy and the subsequent implementation, than in specific content, though many of the important issues which policies must address are discussed. It is based on a review of many case studies with which the author has been personally involved over the past 40 years.

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The Author	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Examples of Forest Policy	p. 7
National forest policy	p. 7
What is forest policy?	p. 7
Current international developments in forest policy	p. 8
Summary of current developments	p. 13
Carbon sequestration	p. 14
Drug prospecting and resource property rights	p. 15
Devolvement of responsibility and regional development	p. 16
Resource valuation	p. 17
Resource management policy	p. 18
Demand for forest products	p. 19
Factors affecting the supply of forest products	p. 21
Managing the supply of timber	p. 22
Examples of a National resource management policy from Finland	p. 25
Example of Economic justification for forest policy in the United Kingdom	p. 27
Striking a balance between conflicting demands; example from Australia	p. 29
Conclusions	p. 31
Fiscal policy	p. 31
The purpose of a fiscal policy for forestry	p. 32
Resource value	p. 34
Revenue instruments and systems	p. 35
Economic rent	p. 36
Performance bonds	p. 39
The impact of fiscal measures on trade	p. 45
Conservation policy	p. 47
Bio-diversity	p. 48
Protected Area management	p. 52
Drug prospecting	p. 54
Energy policy	p. 55
Technology for using the energy in wood	p. 56
Fuelwood consumption patterns	p. 57
Fuelwood supply patterns	p. 58
Comparative costs of fuelwood and other energy sources	p. 59
Fuelwood demand surveys	p. 62
Possible role of forestry in national energy policy	p. 63
Land-use policy	p. 64
Distribution policy	p. 72
Asset value and profits	p. 73
Timber prices and investing in forest management	p. 75
Distribution of benefits among stakeholders	p. 77
Implementation of Policy	p. 81
General	p. 81
Policies that appear to have worked	p. 85
France	p. 85
Finland	p. 87
Republic of Korea	p. 88
Conclusions	p. 90
Policies that have failed	p. 91
Malawi	p. 92
Philippines	p. 95
Suriname	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 102
Policies that have been corrupted	p. 103
Conclusions	p. 109
Policies that have had perverse results	p. 110
Papua New Guinea	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 117
The Causes of Policy Failure	p. 119
Institutional Failures	p. 119
Government	p. 119
Government organisation	p. 123
Regulatory framework	p. 126
Research and training	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 131
Market Failures	p. 132
Non marketable benefits	p. 134
Market distortions	p. 137
The time value of money	p. 138
Conclusions	p. 140
Regulatory failures	p. 140
Contradictory regulations	p. 141
Over restrictive regulations	p. 142
Communication failures	p. 144
Implementation failures	p. 147
Policy instruments	p. 148
Monitoring and supervision	p. 152
Impractical policies	p. 154
External influences	p. 156
Public opinion	p. 157
International obligations	p. 159
Lack of information and monitoring	p. 159
Inconsistent policies	p. 163
Factors That Have Contributed to Successful Policies	p. 167
"Political Will"	p. 168
Clarity of policy statements	p. 172
Participation of stakeholders	p. 175
Support for Policy Objectives	p. 179
The process of policy formulation	p. 181
Instruments used to support policy	p. 183
A Framework for Successful Policy Formulation and Implementation	p. 191
The need for a policy for forestry	p. 191
International examples	p. 198
United Kingdom	p. 199
Australia	p. 200
Canada	p. 202
The Process for Policy Formulation	p. 203
The definition of policy scope	p. 205
Data collection and verification	p. 207
Evaluation of present situation and identification of stakeholders' perceptions of strengths and weaknesses	p. 215
Development of scenarios for alternative ways forward	p. 220
Analysis of scenarios to determine economic trade-offs between sector components, inputs and outputs	p. 222
Presentation of results of scenario analysis to stakeholders and consultation to determine social, environmental and economic priorities	p. 226
Winning stakeholder support for a preferred scenario	p. 228
Preparation of a statement that enshrines the preferred scenario as policy	p. 229
Development of a strategic plan to implement the policy	p. 231
Evaluation of the institutional arrangements	p. 238
Identification of appropriate instruments to implement the policy	p. 240
Revenue raising instruments	p. 241
Incentive instruments	p. 249
Disincentive instruments	p. 257
Preparation of a programme of human resource development and training in support of the policy	p. 259
Implementation	p. 260
Monitoring and evaluation	p. 261
Revision of Policy	p. 263
Evaluation of monitoring results	p. 263
Changes in public opinion	p. 263
International agreements	p. 265
Changes in priorities	p. 266
References	p. 267
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