Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: Commentary on Forest Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region (A Review for Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and Western Samoa)













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WORKING PAPER SERIES

Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/22

by

Don Hammond
Hammond Resource Management Ltd.
PO Box 1035
Rotorua
NEW ZEALAND

Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

October 1997

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study is being undertaken under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission.

This report comes under Workplan Number E27.3(a)© (ii).

In the process of preparation for publication, this document has been restructured, with the title changed, the conclusions integrated into the early section and a section introduced on limitations of undertaking the work as a desk study without country visits.

It needs stressing that for this, as for other working papers, the purpose is partly to promote professional dialogue. The views carried in these papers are not necessarily endorsed by the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission or by FAO.

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.


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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY

PART I - MAIN REPORT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION

Origins and Scope
Thesis
Limits of the study
Context and Contrasts

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

MAJOR ISSUES AND THEMES TOWARDS 2010

Research
Collaborative Effort
Land and Forest Tenure
Fuelwood
Law and Order
Holistic or Multi-Sectoral Policy

CONCLUSION

PART II - COUNTRY PROFILES

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

NEW ZEALAND

PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG)

PHILIPPINES

THAILAND

WESTERN SAMOA

REFERENCES

LIST OF WORKING PAPERS ALREADY RELEASED