Conditions of forest transition in Asian countries

Yeo-Chang Youn, Junyeong Choi, Wil de Jong, Jinlong Liu, Mi Sun Park, Leni D. Camacho, Satoshi Tachibana, Nguyen Din Huudung, Padam Parkash Bhojvaid, Ellyn K. Damayanti, Phongxiong Wanneng and Mohd Shawahid Othman

Forest Policy and Economics, 2017, vol. 76, issue C, 14-24

Abstract: This study identifies the important factors that contribute to or inhibit forest transitions in nine Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam. A qualitative comparative analysis method was used to determine which conditions or combinations of conditions led to or prevented a forest transition. Under the condition of public ownership with no private forest tenure or ownership of forest land, there was no instance of forest transition among the nine countries studied. Under the condition of non-liberal timber trade policies, there was no instance of forest transition in the countries studied. The results of this analysis suggest that for a forest transition to occur, the country should liberalize timber import and provide forest tenure to the private sector. Based on these results, we argue that in order for a forest transition to take place or for REDD+ to be effective, the state should allow for private sector to participate in forest management and create market conditions that meet the demand for timber via trade policy alignment.

Keywords: Forest policy; Enabling conditions; Forest transition; Qualitative comparative analysis; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.07.005

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