People and Forest — Policy and Local Reality in Southeast Asia, the Russian Far East, and Japan

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Framework for Sustainable Forest Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Underlying Causes of Forest Loss in the Asia-Pacific Region

      • Masanobu Yamane

      Pages 3-31

   3. Timber Trade Policy to Support Sustainable Forest Management

      • Shin Nagata, Satoshi Tachibana

      Pages 33-47

   4. Participatory Forest Management Policy in South and Southeast Asia

      • Makoto Inoue

      Pages 49-71

   5. Sustainable and Participatory Forest Management: Legal and Administrative Supporting Measures, and Final Recommendations

      • Hiroji Isozaki

      Pages 73-89

3. Policy and Legislation in Terms of Local Participation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Public Participation in International Environmental Agreements

      • Kiyoshi Komatsu

      Pages 93-103

   3. Forest Certification Schemes in Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia: Background and Reality

      • Norihiko Shiraishi, Satoshi Tachibana

      Pages 105-112

   4. Forest Policy Development in Laos

      • Noriyoshi Kitamura

      Pages 113-126

   5. Potential Roles for NGOs in Community Forestry in Laos: Liaisons between the Socialist Government and Grassroots People

      • Satoru Matsumoto

      Pages 127-138

   6. Community-Based Forest Management in the Philippines: Retrospect and Prospects

      • Juan M. Pulhin, Perlyn M. Pulhin

      Pages 139-156

   7. Forest Policy Trends in Vietnam

      • Do Dinh Sam, Le Quang Trung

      Pages 157-167

   8. Informational Basis of Policy Judgments: The Case of the Royal Forest Department of Thailand

      • Jin Sato

      Pages 169-185

   9. The Development of Forest Policy in the Russian Federation—With a Focus on Khabarovsk Krai

      • Alexander Sheingauz, Hiroaki Kakizawa

      Pages 187-200

   10. Public Participation in Japan’s Forest Planning System

       • Takashi Fujiwara

       Pages 201-212

4. Local Realities in Forest Use and Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. Forest Values and Livelihood Uncertainty in Two Indigenous Communities of Indonesian Borneo

      • Martinus Nanang

      Pages 215-229

   3. Policy of Protected Areas and Local Use of Forest Resources in Indonesia: A Case Study of a National Park in West Java

      • Kazuhiro Harada

      Pages 231-247

   4. Impacts of Industrial Tree Plantations on the Inhabitants of South Sumatra, Indonesia

      • Yasuhiro Yokota

      Pages 249-259

leading to an overall decrease in the world's forest cover. The forests of Asia, in particular, have been strongly impacted. A number of initiatives have suggested forest policy reforms, and the need for the sustainable management of forests has been widely recognized and encouraged. But because implementation of reforms at the local level has been insufficient, it is imperative that local people begin to effectively participate in forest planning and management as well as in protected-area management. The Forest Conservation Project, launched in April 1998 by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), has carried out research activities on forest strategies, including policy analysis and on-site surveys. This book gives an overview of the project's research activities in its first three-year phase (April1998-March 2001). Since viable forest strategies work best when based on the involvement of local people, this report is addressed to stakeholders in the communities of the relevant countries, including local people and authorities, community-based organizations, experts, national agencies, and international institutions.

• biodiversity
• development
• forest
• forest policy
• logging
• organization

• Department of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  Makoto Inoue

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

  Hiroji Isozaki

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