Pricing Policies for Malaysia’s Forests

Awang Noor Abdul Ghani () and Mohd. Shahwahid Haji Othman ()
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Awang Noor Abdul Ghani: Research Management Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Mohd. Shahwahid Haji Othman: Research Management Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia

No pb2003072, EEPSEA Policy Brief from Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)

Abstract: The way in which timber companies pay to use forests can have a profound effect on sustainable forest management.A well-designed pricing policy can help ensure the efficient utilization of forest resources, a long-term sustainable harvest and minimum ecological and environmental damage. Highlighting this, a new report shows that Peninsular Malaysia's pricing policy neither produces optimal financial returns for the government nor provides the best incentives for sustainable forestry practice. This study looked at concessions in several logging areas and found that the introduction of a tender system for logging concessions would be the best way to create an efficient market for logging rights.This, in turn, was predicted to improve both the competitive performance of logging companies and the equitable allocation of forestry revenue.

Keywords: forest; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-07, Revised 2003-07
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