With increasing globalization of markets, rising environmental awareness, and attention from international conventions and agreements, the vast majority of countries are looking into managing their forests more sustainably. The main limitation appears to be lack of funding for improving forest...

In 1981, the Chinese State Council issued its "Resolution on Issues Concerning Forest Protection and Development", also known as its "three fixes" policy, marking the beginning of forest tenure reform in China. Since then, the forestry sectors have begun to register forestlands and issued the...

This paper asserts that "the poverty debate" in India has been brought into the mainstream since early 1970s and that our understanding of poverty issues has gradually evolved. Policy-makers, scholars, concerned citizens and external donors all have contributed to this debate and understanding....

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have always played a central role as a source of income generation in community forestry throughout the world. Between 1996 and 1998, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) commissioned the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS) which resulted in ...

This report aims to assess the current situation in the Fiji Islands with regard to existing financing instruments, mechanisms and strategies in the forestry sector. Key questions include how much the forestry sector contributes to the GDP and to the national budget, and which financing instruments ...

This proceedings documents and compares developments in the two regions, and assesses some of the ongoing developments in financing sustainable forest management. Their experiences and analyses should be of interest to practitioners everywhere concerned with sustainable forest management. The...

This paper provides an overview of the trends in forestry financing in South Korea. The financial mechanisms for public investment in the use and conservation of forest resources in South Korea are described. Some specific examples such as direct investment, lump sum payment to forest-dependent...

Poverty is a multidimensional complex phenomenon. Apart from the macro economic problems, the degradation and restricted access of the poor to the available material and environmental assets also fundamentally trap the poor in their circumstances. There is an urgent need to revisit the ...

In India it has been observed that wherever there is large concentration of forest, there is also high concentration of tribal and rural population. Rural livelihood is dependent on forest resources. For many of these people, not only does the forest provide economic sustenance but it is also a way ...