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{"title":"Rethinking the Role of Value-Added Industries for Invasive Trees in South Africa","authors":"R. Pirard","doi":"10.1505/146554823837244428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823837244428","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS Removal of invasive trees in South Africa is required for climate change adaptation purposes. Public funding is insufficient and value-added industries could contribute to land clearing efforts. There is a case for bioenergy but the policy environment is not conducive enough. Incentives frameworks would be instrumental in supporting private investments. Carbon pricing is a promising avenue but its application to invasive trees biomass is complex. Impact evaluations of value-added industries on land condition are required to go beyond anecdotical evidence. SUMMARY Invasive alien trees are a threat to sustainable development in South Africa due to their rapid propagation and negative impacts on water availability, fire risks, land productivity, and biodiversity conservation. Despite the ambitious three decades-long governmental Working for Water programme to clear and restore land, the problem remains. This paper questions the proposition that value-added industries can contribute to its resolution by providing value to the biomass and supporting upscaled control efforts with private investments. Their financial feasibility remains largely theoretical as most studies resort to ex ante assessments untested on the ground and are misleading due to the mix of tangible financial flows and hypothetical environmental benefits. Assumed perverse effects with further propagation remain theoretical or rest on anecdotical evidence. It is suggested that value-added industries and particularly bioenergy hold potential but require a more conducive policy environment. Three priorities are identified: an incentives framework that recognises environmental (dis)services and clarifies potential net carbon gains depending on the accounting system; the provision of updated information to the private sector on resource availability with improved coordination between investors and public programs in charge of land clearing; and innovative supply chain models with improved logistics. Thinking outside the box would help and novel land management options could be considered with natural regrowth and rotations in non-strategic sites, or crop substitution to sustain value chains – which would necessitate strict management rules in exchange for greater flexibility in resource accessibility. Overall, value-added industries for invasive trees encompass climate change adaptation and mitigation and their feasibility depends on their articulation. Les plantes invasives exotiques (pin, acacia, eucalyptus) sont une menace en Afrique du Sud en raison de leur propagation rapide et des impacts négatifs sur l'accès à l'eau, les risques de feux, la productivité des terres et la biodiversité. L'ambitieux programme gouvernemental Working for Water mis en oeuvre depuis une trentaine d'années, avec des coupes sur les terres envahies, n'a pas permis de résoudre le problème. J'étudie ici la proposition selon laquelle les industries de transformation peuvent contribuer à ces efforts, e","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"223 - 243"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42012888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Timber Trade in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Effectiveness of Timber Parks in Tackling Tax Frauds","authors":"S. Ferrari, P. Cerutti","doi":"10.1505/146554823837244446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823837244446","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS The DRC Government has adopted and run an innovative ‘timber park’ model to check timber trade and exports in the eastern part of the country. The ‘timber park’ was able to detect various potentially egregious forms of illegalities, but also learn from observed illegalities, adapt its procedures, and improve its performance over time. In the case of transiting timber, which is sealed at origin and not checked at the park, it was possible to detect the very worrying trend that 100% of export declarations mention only one, and the same tree species. The park staff were able to detect the clear mismatch between what was declared as Mammea africana and belonged instead to the genus Afzelia, commercial name doussié, possibly A. bipindensis, one of the most valuable species (in terms of taxation) and also part of the country's most threatened species, recently listed in Annex II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Many species of the genus Entandrophragma spp (sipo, kosipo, sapelli, tiama) were observed by the park staff but never declared in transport waybills. More laboratory analyses are recommended to verify the exported species. SUMMARY The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shares borders with nine countries and has around 150 million hectares of tropical moist forests. A moratorium on logging titles has been in place since 2002 and infrastructure is very poor. The country plans to lift the moratorium and invest in infrastructure as part of the broader East-African road and railway networks. We present a case-study conducted for thirty months (2020–2022) on timber trade and export at the first ‘timber park’ established on the eastern border. Multiple forms of potentially illegal timber trade were detected. In the case of transiting timber, results indicate that 100% of export declarations mention only one, and the same tree species. There also exist several mismatches between declared vs actually exported species (e.g. Mammea africana instead of genus Afzelia, recently listed in Annex II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)). We estimate the potential financial losses for the DRC Government and discuss possible improvements. The model’s extension to major border crossings could contribute to both sectoral improvements and better environmental policies. Yet results also indicate that the model’s replication, sustainability and effectiveness can only occur and be maintained if interest and political support by provincial governments and their field staff remain strong. La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) partage ses frontières avec neuf pays et compte environ 150 millions d'hectares de forêts tropicales humides. Un moratoire sur les titres d'exploitation forestière est en place depuis 2002 et le réseau routier est faible. Le pays envisage de lever le moratoire et d'investir dans la construction des réseaux routi","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"177 - 189"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45908294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying and Prioritising Traditional Knowledge-Related strategies within Turkish Forest Policy: The Perspective of Forest Managers","authors":"S. Y. Erol, Y. Topcu, G. Şahin","doi":"10.1505/146554823837244464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823837244464","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS The new strategies to be developed related to traditional forest-related knowledge can be easily adapted to classical forest policy approaches because they are directly tied to the main objectives of forestry policy. Social strategies for traditional knowledge (TK) are the most prioritised; thus, it would be appropriate to give priority to strategies with social content. As strategies for organisational issues are also significant for strengthening TK-related issues, the strategy-making process should consider both organisational issues and legislation-policy-related strategies. Although the priority of legislation-policy-related strategies is lower, the scores they received indicate a complementary role for these strategies. In general, TK-related issues require a holistic perspective in forestry. SUMMARY Forests are an essential part of the lifestyle and income of forest villagers in Türkiye. This interaction between forests and rural society offers considerable potential for the generation of traditional knowledge (TK). However, most of this knowledge is in danger of extinction. This study pursued qualitative and quantitative research methods: a SWOT analysis was created by utilising the related components of current national forest policy documents and sought to create basic strategies which were then prioritised using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) rating approach. The findings showed that TK is tied directly to the main objectives of forestry policy. Social strategies were viewed as the highest priority, emphasising the improvement of local living standards and increasing local awareness and loyalty to their regions. These strategies were followed by organisational and legislation-policy-related issues. However, the close scores of the strategies proved that all are interdependent and have relations with each other, and a holistic approach is required. Les forêts sont une part essentielle des revenus des villageois forestiers en Turquie. Cette interaction entre les forêts et la société rurale offre un potentiel considérable pour la génération de la connaissance traditionnelle (TK). Cependant, le gros de cette connaissance est en danger d'extinction. Cette étude a poursuivi des méthodes de recherche qualitatives et quantitatives: une analyse SWOT a été créée en utilisant les passages appropriés des documents de politique nationale forestière et en cherchant à créer des stratégies de base, lesquelles furent ensuite priorisées en utilisant le Processus d'analyse hiérarchique (AHP) pour les évaluer. Les résultats montrent que la TK est directement liée aux objectifs principaux de la politique forestière. Les stratégies sociales étaient perçues comme la priorité absolue, en mettant l'accent sur l'amélioration du niveau de vie local et en essayant d'accroître la conscience locale et la loyauté des peuples à leur région. Ces stratégies étaient suivies de questions organisationnelles, légales et politiques. Au final, les scores trè","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"264 - 282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45370038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving the Guyana REDD+ Monitoring Reporting and Verification System: stakeholders perception","authors":"D. Thornhill-Gillis, D. Ramdial","doi":"10.1505/146554823837244437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823837244437","url":null,"abstract":"In 2009 Guyana developed and tested their REDD+ Monitoring Reporting and Verification System (REDD+ MRVS) to satisfy a Memorandum of Understanding between Guyana and the Kingdom of Norway. Despite being a developing country, it has been one of the few countries to progress its MRVS\u0000 substantially with comparatively similar results to independent auditing standards. While socio-political support has helped efforts to implement a national based monitoring system challenges of improving stakeholder coordination and collaboration can potentially undermine efforts to maintain\u0000 a robust system. The effectiveness of the REDD+ MRVS was assessed to determine end users demands, and system output applications. We employed a qualitative methodological approach using the Borich needs assessment model. The results revealed that the overall structure of REDD+ MRVS was mostly\u0000 likely to reduce the efficiency in reporting the outcomes of the MRVS and its value as a tool to aid in natural resources management. Stakeholders believe that Guyana's REDD+ MRVS has the potential to improve natural resource management in Guyana. However, to boost the system's credibility,\u0000 monitoring, data exchange capabilities, and the timeliness of the assessment should be promptly addressed. Further, the role of Indigenous communities in real time monitoring remains a central idea to be explored.","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48078804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of the Social Forestry Programs in Increasing Farmers' Income and Conserving Forests in the Upstream Citarum Watershed, West Java, Indonesia","authors":"F. Nurfatriani, Erwidodo, H. Tarigan, H. W. Perkasa","doi":"10.1505/146554823837244455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823837244455","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS There has been a paradigm shift from conventional forest management centered on the state and the private sector to forest management involving communities around the forest. Social forestry programs in the upstream Citarum watershed have provided economic, social, and environmental benefits for farmers. Social forestry needs multistakeholder involvement as well as partnership and collaboration between forest area managers or forest utilization permit holders with the community. The social forestry program will provide sustainable benefits for farmers through farmer empowerment programs in technical, market, and capital aspects. SUMMARY This paper examines the implementation of Social Forestry programs in the Upstream Citarum – West Java, Indonesia. The paper utilizes the data set of the Farm Household Survey undertaken in the Bandung and West Bandung districts. A critical review was carried out on farmers who participated or did not participate in the forest management program by examining variables such as: access to land, ratio of farm incomes, conservation practices, and perceptions toward the program. Data were collected from individual interviews of 499 farm-households within two districts. Using descriptive statistical analysis, the results show that social forestry programs have provided economic, social, and environmental benefits for farmers in the area. The programs have improved community and farmers's access to forestry land and increased household's incomes from the farm sector. Strengthening and empowering farmers, supported by government and other stakeholders are key for sustainability of the program. Ce papier examine la mise en pratique des programmes de foresterie sociale en amont du Citarum, Java Ouest, Indonésie. Il utilise l'ensemble des données de l'enquête chez les ménages fermiers menée dans les districts de Bandung et de Bandung Ouest. Un examen critique a été poursuivi auprès des fermiers ayant, ou n'ayant pas participé dans le programme de gestion forestière, en examinant des variables telles que: l'accès à la terre, le pourcentage de revenus des fermes, les pratiques de conservation, et les perceptions du programme. Des donnés ont été recueillies lors d'interviews individuelles auprès de 499 ménages fermiers, dans deux districts. Utilisant une analyse sociale descriptive, les résultats indiquent que les programmes de foresterie sociale ont fourni des bénéfices économiques, sociaux et environnementaux aux fermiers de la région. Ces programmes ont amélioré l'accès des fermiers et de la communauté aux terres agricoles, et ils ont vu croître les revenus des ménages dans le secteur fermier. Soutenir les fermiers et les fortifier, avec l'aide du gouvernement et d;autres parties prenantes, est clé pour la durabilité du programme. Este artículo estudia la aplicación de programas de silvicultura social en la cuenca aguas arriba de Citarum en Java Occidental (Indonesia). El artículo utiliza el conjunto de datos de l","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"211 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49410867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards a Typology of Forest-Managing Organisations Around the Globe","authors":"M. Jenke, K. S. Hintz, M. Starfinger, L. Giessen","doi":"10.1505/146554823837244419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823837244419","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS The study of organisations in the forest sector is hampered by the lack of a coherent naming convention. Forest-managing organisations were classified according to their position within or at the intersection of the public, market, household, and social economy sector. Partnerships between types of forest-managing organisations frequently centre around public forest agencies. According to this typology, it was hypothesized that organisational characteristics determine the appropriateness of certain forest management systems. The proposed typology can serve as a starting point for better understanding the diversity of forest-managing organisations. SUMMARY The global diversity of forest-managing organisations (FMOs) could, so far, not be captured in a comprehensive framework or terminology leaving the research field fragmented. A typology of FMOs was developed using dimensions drawn from social economy theory to provide a unifying framework and coherent terminology. FMO types were described according to, (1) the formality of their land ownership and labour relations, (2) their objectives in managing forests, (3) their institutional characteristics, and (4) their participation in the social economy sector. The characteristics and forest management of each FMO type were reviewed. Additionally, public-private and private-sector partnerships between FMOs were classified. This multidimensional framework enables greater precision in the description and comparison of FMOs and their partnerships. Research hypotheses were elaborated to encourage future studies on how the characteristics of FMOs could affect the technical and silvicultural aspects of their forest management. La diversité globale des organisations de gestion forestières (FMOs) ne pourrait pas, au jour d'aujourd'hui, être capturée dans un cadre ou une terminologie complets, ce qui laisse le terrain de recherche fragmenté. Une typologie des FMOs a été développée en utilisant des dimensions tirées de la théorie d'économie sociale pour fournir un cadre unifiant et une terminologie cohérente. Les types de FMO étaient décrits suivant (1) la qualité formelle de leur propriété foncière et de leurs relations au travail, (2) leurs objectifs dans la gestion des forêts, (3) leurs caractéristiques institutionnelles, et (4) leur participation dans le secteur socio-économique. Les caractéristiques de la gestion forestière de chaque type de FMO ont fait l'objet d'études. De plus, les partenariats public-privé et du secteur privé entre les FMOs ont été classifiés. Ce cadre multidimensionnel permet une plus grande précision dans la description et la comparaison des FMOs et de leurs partenariats. Des hypothèses de recherche ont été élaborées pour encourager de futures études sur la manière dont les caractéristiques des FMOs pourrait affecter les aspects techniques et sylvicoles de leur gestion forestière. La diversidad global de las organizaciones de gestión forestal (OGF) no se ha podido recoger ha","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"190 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43822396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Obligations in the Logging Sector in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Republic of Congo","authors":"D. Young, T. Nkuintchua","doi":"10.1505/146554823836902581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823836902581","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS Obligations of logging companies to share revenue and make contributions in kind to affected communities are a legal requirement in all four countries studied. They are commonly referred to as benefit sharing or social agreements, diminishing their legal basis, hence the preferred term – social obligations. Legal frameworks on social obligations are complex, incomplete and precarious, leading to communities and the State not reaping the benefits they are owed by law. Their complexity renders social obligation systems open to abuse at many levels. Their intent might be to decentralise power but this often allows local elites to stand in the way of community members and capture most benefits. While comparison between countries is difficult, best practices identified on specific aspects in all countries are evidence that improvements are possible. SUMMARY This paper offers a critical review of the social obligations (revenue redistribution, direct payments, payments in kind, and access to justice or compensation) of logging concessionaires to affected communities in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Republic of Congo. The research draws on a full desk-review of relevant legal texts, and consultation with leading non-governmental organisations working in the forest sector in the four countries. It appears that the legal foundation of social obligations is mainly shaped by national context, and therefore important differences can be observed across countries. However, they are complex, incomplete and precarious, providing opportunities for elite capture, and communities – and the State – not reaping the benefits they are owed by law. A key conclusion is that legality-licensing schemes such as under a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union (EU) tend to downplay social obligations compared to other aspects of legal compliance. Cet article propose un examen critique des obligations sociales (redistribution des revenus, paiements directs, paiements en nature, et accès à la justice ou à la compensation) des concessionnaires forestiers vis-à-vis des communautés affectées au Cameroun, en République du Congo, au Ghana et au Liberia. La recherche s'appuie sur une revue complète des textes juridiques pertinents et sur la consultation des principales organisations non gouvernementales travaillant dans le secteur forestier dans les quatre pays. Il apparaît que le fondement juridique des obligations sociales est principalement façonné par le contexte national, et que des différences importantes peuvent donc être observées entre les pays. Cependant, les obligations sociales sont complexes, incomplètes et précaires, offrant des possibilités de captation par les élites, ainsi, les communautés – et l'État – ne récoltent pas les bénéfices qui leur sont dus par la loi. L'une des principales conclusions est que les systèmes de licence de légalité, comme dans le cadre d'un accord de partenariat volontaire (APV) avec l'Union européenne (UE), on","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"28 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46504043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Logging and Indigenous Peoples' Well-Being: An Overview of the Relevant International Human Rights Jurisprudence","authors":"L. Mei","doi":"10.1505/146554823836902608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823836902608","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS Logging activities that occur in Indigenous peoples' traditional territories can have significant and wide-ranging effects on Indigenous peoples' rights, including well-being, cultural, land and participation rights. Preventing impacts on Indigenous peoples' well-being requires respect for Indigenous peoples' right to their lands and resources in the first instance. International human rights jurisprudence recognizes that respect for participation rights is an important safeguard to ensure protection of other rights of Indigenous peoples. Respect for Indigenous peoples' participation rights entails undertaking the following before commencing activities such as logging in Indigenous peoples' lands: conducting environmental and social impact assessments; engaging in consultations with the affected Indigenous peoples with the aim of obtaining Free, Prior, and Informed Consent; and agreeing on benefit sharing, compensation, prevention and mitigation measures. Although these requirements are well-established under international human rights law, many States have yet to comply with their treaty obligations, and in practice there is both limited incorporation of protections for Indigenous peoples' rights into national legislation and improper implementation of these requirements by States and non-State actors. SUMMARY Logging activities worldwide occur on lands that are already inhabited and used by Indigenous peoples and other local communities and often cause negative impacts on those communities. International human rights law provides one framework within which to understand these impacts. In particular, a discrete body of rights within international human rights law pertain to Indigenous peoples. Encroachments on Indigenous lands, such as through logging or other forestry operations, often run up against the full spectrum of Indigenous peoples' rights, all of which are interdependent and interconnected. Numerous human rights bodies, including the United Nations treaty bodies and regional human rights courts, have addressed Indigenous rights in the context of logging and other extractive activities. This article reviews existing jurisprudence elaborating the scope of these rights and explains how respect for land and participation rights can help prevent impacts on other rights. International human rights jurisprudence outlines three steps as core components of Indigenous peoples' participation rights and as safeguards to protect other rights: conduct environmental and social impact assessments; engage in consultations with the affected Indigenous peoples with the aim of obtaining free, prior, and informed consent; and agree on benefit sharing, compensation, prevention, and mitigation measures with the affected Indigenous peoples. However, these requirements, and respect for Indigenous peoples' rights more broadly, remain to be effectively implemented and observed in practice. L'exploitation du bois s'effectue à travers le monde sur des t","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"17 - 27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48034911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘Our Happy Hour Became a Hungry Hour’: Logging, Subsistence and Social Relations in Solomon Islands","authors":"T. Minter, J. van der Ploeg","doi":"10.1505/146554823836902590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823836902590","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS Rural people's voices are rarely heard in forest policy and science. In Solomon Islands, logging rents remain with foreign companies and political elites, and hardly trickle down to rural communities. Local benefits of logging are minimal and ephemeral, whereas the environmental and social costs are significant and long-lasting. Addressing the negative impacts of logging on subsistence livelihoods and social relations needs to be prioritized in forestry policy. Particular attention is needed for the harmful impacts on women. SUMMARY Solomon Islands has relied on highly unsustainable industrial logging since the 1980s. While the development narrative around logging emphasizes its macro-economic importance, it structurally overlooks the impacts on local people's lives. Based on 200 qualitative interviews conducted in 25 villages and 14 logging operations in Malaita Province between 2016 and 2019, this paper demonstrates that the impacts of logging on subsistence and social relations are systemic rather than incidental. By making use of interview quotes, the paper gives voice to rural Solomon Islanders. The results show that the logging industry fails to generate lasting local benefits, while unsustainable logging practices undermine subsistence livelihoods, especially fisheries. Logging triggers conflict that long outlasts the operations themselves, causes sexual exploitation, facilitates excessive alcohol use and reinforces gender disparities by structurally excluding women from decision-making and benefit-sharing. This paper calls for a stronger focus on the social impacts of logging in forestry science, policy and practice. Les Îles Salomon sont devenues dépendantes d'une coupe de bois absolument non-durable depuis les années 80. Alors que la narration du développement portant sur la coupe de bois souligne son importance macro-économique; elle ignore structurellement les impacts de celle-ci sur la vie des populations locales. Ce papier se base sur 200 interviews qualitatives menées dans 25 villages et 14 opérations de coupe de bois dans la province du Malaita, entre 2016 et 2019, et démontre que les impacts de la coupe du bois sur la subsistance et les relations sociales sont systémiques, plutôt qu'accidentels. En faisant usage de citations provenant des interviews, le papier donne voix aux habitants ruraux des Îles Salomon. Les résultats montrent que l'industrie de coupe du bois échoue dans le domaine d'une création de bénéfices locaux durables, alors que les pratiques de coupe non-durables sapent les revenus de subsistance, particulièrement ceux de la pêche. La coupe enflamme un conflit qui perdure bien au-delà des opérations mêmes, causant une exploitation sexuelle, facilitant la consommation excessive d'alcool et renforçant la disparité entre les sexes, en excluant les femmes des prises de décision et du partage des bénéfices. Ce papier réclame qu'une concentration plus forte soit portée dans la science de foresterie, la politique","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"113 - 135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46780450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Informal Sawn Wood Value Chains in Uganda: Structure and Actors","authors":"R. Kambugu, Abwoli Y. Banana, P. Byakagaba, C. Bosse, M. Ihalainen, C. Mukasa, G. Schoneveld, A. Zziwa, P. Cerutti","doi":"10.1505/146554823836902635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1505/146554823836902635","url":null,"abstract":"HIGHLIGHTS There is increased forestry sector informality in Uganda as small-scale operations expand. The shift from natural to planted forests as the primary wood source has led to sector fragmentation. Small volumes from predominantly individual players aggregate to an estimated production of up to 476,000 m3 of sawn wood annually. Current regulations facilitate informality, being administratively burdensome for formal small-scale operations. Policies have succeeded in increasing planted forests but not yet in fostering effective and efficient utilization of the tree resources. SUMMARY With increasing scarcity and spatial dispersion of tree resources, Uganda's forest sector – similarly to several other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa – has experienced a shift from the large-scale concessionary model historically used to access and harvest forests, to more versatile models involving smaller-scale operators. The timber they produce is sold not only locally in producer countries but also across borders and beyond. Yet small-scale operators largely work outside established regulatory frameworks and as such remain invisible to national and international production and trade statistics, rendering these players voiceless during policy-reform processes. Uganda is no exception, and little is known about the nature of people involved in various small-scale forestry activities, the constraints they face in day-to-day operations, and the dynamics that influence these aspects. Through 452 interviews, of a random sample of actors engaged directly in the sawn wood value chain, conducted between 2016 and 2019, this paper describes sawn wood flows from production areas to markets in Uganda. It assesses the socioeconomic characteristics of operators and the organisation of activities. Findings indicate that the majority of actors in the informal sawn wood value chain are adult males, belonging to a limited number of ethnic groups, exogenous to logging areas and generally deriving their income from the timber business. The sawn wood value chain shows a high degree of fragmentation, with low levels of organisation and lack of vertical and horizontal integration. We conservatively estimate the total volumes sold annually between 386,000 and 467,000 cubic meters of sawn wood. With the expected progressive shift from natural forests to plantations as the primary source of wood, it is key for the Government of Uganda to embrace a paradigm shift on the current policy framework, to ensure that it facilitates rather than constrains the sawn wood value chain, since most of the timber will be sourced from privately owned forests instead of State-owned forests. If most legal provisions remain based on the latter, it is likely that legality will remain the exception rather than the norm. Avec la raréfaction et la dispersion spatiale des ressources forestières, le secteur forestier ougandais – à l'instar de plusieurs autres pays d'Afrique subsaharienne – est passé du modèle c","PeriodicalId":13868,"journal":{"name":"International Forestry Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"61 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45202361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}