Forest Concession Policies and Revenue Systems : Country Experience and Policy Changes for Sustainable Tropical Forestry

Forest concessions have been an important element of forestry, and forest management in many countries, including many developing countries. More often than not, the concessions experience of these countries has not been successful, and, improving their performance is not likely to be popular. Therefore, if sustainable management if tropical forests is to be achieved, and deforestation brought under control, it may be necessary to strengthen the on-the-ground performance of existing forest concessions, and to control the allocation of new concessions. The forest concessions discussed in this study involve both forest utilization contracts, and forest management services contracts. Part one of the study examines the forest concessions experience on public lands, with a focus on natural forests in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Experiences provide the basis for proposals to strengthen the allocation of forest concessions, and improve their forest, and environmental management. Economic, and procedural incentives for improved forest management performance are introduced, as are proposals to strengthen monitoring, supervision, and compliance with contract terms. Part two evaluates forest revenue systems, and presents proposals for revised forest fees, designed to reflect the values of both the timber, and the concessions. Additional concessions suggest ways to ease the collection of fees, and to structure forest fees to provide economic incentives for concession management, and performance.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gray, John A.
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2002
Subjects:	FORESTRY, FOREST UTILIZATION, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY, TROPICAL FORESTS, CONCESSIONS, CONCESSIONALITY OF CHARGES, CONTRACT FORMULATION, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, MONITORING CRITERIA, SUPERVISION STRATEGIES, REVENUE SHARING, FEE COLLECTION, TIMBER PRICES, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, POLICY FRAMEWORK BAMBOO, BIODIVERSITY, BONDS, COMMITMENT, COMMITMENTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY FOREST, COMMUNITY FORESTS, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, CONCESSION AGREEMENTS, CONCESSION FEE, CONCESSION HOLDER, CONCESSION HOLDERS, CONCESSION MANAGEMENT, CONCESSION POLICIES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECONOMIC RENTS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, FOREST, FOREST AGENCY, FOREST CERTIFICATION, FOREST COMMUNITIES, FOREST CONCESSION, FOREST CONCESSIONS, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEPARTMENT, FOREST DWELLERS, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST ENTERPRISES, FOREST ESTATE, FOREST INVENTORY, FOREST LAND, FOREST LANDS, FOREST MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, FOREST OWNER, FOREST OWNERSHIP, FOREST PLANTATIONS, FOREST POLICIES, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST REVENUE, FOREST REVENUES, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST SERVICES, FOREST TENURES, FORESTRY POLICY, FORESTRY PROJECTS, FORESTS, GUMS, HUNTING, IMPORTS, INCENTIVE SYSTEMS, INVENTORIES, LAND CLEARING, LAND OWNER, LAND-USE, LEGISLATION, LICENSES, LOGGING, LOGS, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OIL, POPULATION PRESSURES, PRIVATE SECTOR, PULP, PULP MILLS, QUOTAS, RAINFOREST, REFORESTATION, RESINS, REVENUE COLLECTION, SAL, SAWMILLS, STATE FOREST, SUBSIDIARY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, TIMBER, TIMBER HARVEST, TIMBER PRODUCTION, TIMBER PRODUCTS, TIMBER SALES, TIMBER SUPPLY, TIMBER VALUES, TRANSPARENCY, TREES, TROPICAL FORESTRY, WATER PRICING, WATERSHED, WATERSHED PROTECTION, WILDLIFE, WOOD, WOOD PROCESSING, WOODLANDS, WOODLOTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1811295/forest-concession-policies-revenue-systems-country-experience-policy-changes-sustainable-tropical-forestry http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14094
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