Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam
By William D. Sunderlin - CIFOR, and Huynh Thu Ba - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
In Vietnam, as in many developing countries, there is an emerging interest in knowing how poverty alleviation can be achieved through the use of forest resources, and to what extent poverty alleviation and maintenance or expansion of forest cover are compatible goals. "Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam" by William D. Sunderlin and Huynh Thu Ba provides a comprehensive summary of the knowledge on this topic currently available from a broad range of secondary literature. The review addresses a range of issues, including: the usefulness of forest resources in past poverty alleviation, the usefulness of forest resources for future poverty alleviation, and the degree of compatibility between poverty alleviation and plans for massive reforestation. By examining these issues, the review serves as a crucial point of departure for addressing the linked issues of poverty alleviation and improved forest management.
"Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam" will be launched in Vietnam later this year in both English and Vietnamese.
Further information: Ms Titin Suhartini at CIFOR: t.suhartini@cgiar.org. "Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam" was supported by DFID - the UK's Department for Forests and Development, and SANREM - the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource
Mengeksplorasi keanekaragaman hayati, lingkungan dan pandangan masyarakat lokal mengenai berbagai lanskap hutan
By Douglas Sheil et al
CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. 101 pages
ISBN 979-3361-29-8.
CIFOR has just published the Indonesian language version of its book on methods for multidisciplinary landscape assessment. The MLA method book with its groundbreaking approach to understanding how local people value their landscape was first published in English in 2002. High demand led to a second edition in 2003. The Indonesian version is proving just as popular, with 1600 copies already distributed.
A "first-of-its-kind", the MLA method book brings together a suite of effective research methods to guide decision makers in how to assess the needs of local communities and biodiversity in landscapes. These methods can be used to guide future research and to make recommendations on options about land use and policy. They also provide the foundation for ensuring more effective dialogue with forest communities.
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Spanish and French versions will be soon available.
A rough guide to developing laws for regional forest management
By Jason M. Patlis.
CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. 2004. 31 pages
ISBN 979-3361-44-1
Indonesia has experienced a rapid change in governance since the fall of President Suharto, with a profound shift to regional autonomy and decentralised management. This has had significant implications for the management of forests across Indonesia. In exercising their new authority, districts and municipalities have a responsibility to develop laws in the public interest and to follow the principles of 'good governance' to ensure the nation's natural resources are used sustainably. Regrettably, there are few meaningful details on how regional governments are to implement those principles in real-life situations. This publication provides basic guidelines for developing regional legislation to manage forestry resources. It first describes the responsibilities of regional governments and some of the more important principles that should be applied in lawmaking. It also outlines a methodology for developing new legislation and feasible ways to implement new laws.
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Available in Indonesian
Who pays for and who benefits from improved timber harvesting practices in the tropics? Lessons learned and information gaps
By Grahame Applegate, Francis E. Putz Laura K. Snook.
CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. 2004. 43 pages
ISBN 979-3361-42-5
Tropical foresters are generally very supportive of Reduced-Impact Logging (RIL) techniques. But often that is not the case with loggers. One of the main reasons loggers often seem slow in adopting RIL techniques is the belief that these techniques are costly. Although there are reasons to doubt that many forest operators are fully aware of the various component costs of their operations, it must be admitted some aspects of RIL come at a cost for some forest stakeholders over some time periods. Bearing this in mind, this publication disaggregates RIL into its components and analyses the costs and benefits of each from different perspectives. For example, if timber harvesting companies only obtain a portion of RIL's benefits, they may feel it is inappropriate to pay all of RIL's supplementary costs. Who Pays for and Who Benefits from Improved Timber Harvesting Practices in the Tropics? examines four RIL components on the basis of who pays the costs of implementation and who derives the benefits. The four components are stock and topographic mapping, directional felling, road planning and construction, and skid trail and road closure. This information should prove useful for identifying timber harvesting practices that may require incentives and those which can reasonably be considered the responsibility of the timber harvesting company or contractor.
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Site management and productivity in tropical plantation forests
Eds. E.K.S. Nambiar, J. Rangeer, A. Tiarks, and T. Toma.
CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. 2004. 226 pages.
ISBN 979-3361-41-7
Sustainable plantation forestry can only succeed if the right balance is found between economic, environmental and social goals. Recognizing this need, CIFOR established an international network research project covering 16 sites in eight countries. The network's plantation research covers a range of areas, including biophysical environments, species diversity, logging residue, slash management and nutrient cycling. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests contains the proceedings of a series of inter-related workshops held in the Congo in 2001 and in China in 2003. This set of papers focuses on the network's research into inter-rotation management. Good management of the inter-rotation phase - the phase between harvesting and tree establishment - is critical for successful plantation forestry. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests is an important reference for foresters, forest harvesting companies and decision makers alike. In particular it is valuable for its site-specific information, covering inter-rotation techniques implemented at plantations in a range of countries, including Australia, Brazil, China, the Congo, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam.
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