Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report

Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber products provide more than half of f...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AUDITS BAMBOO BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPACITY BUILDING CHARCOAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONSERVATION DEBT DECIDUOUS FORESTS DEFORESTATION DETECTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EUCALYPTUS EVALUATION CRITERIA EXCHANGE RATE EXPLOITATION FIREWOOD FISH FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCTIVITY FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FOREST TREES FOREST UTILIZATION FORESTRY FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY INDUSTRY FORESTRY OPERATIONS FORESTRY POLICY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRUITS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD COLLECTION GNP INCOME JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LOGGING LOGS LUMBER MGP MIXED FORESTS NATURAL FORESTS NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS PLANTATIONS PLANTING PLYWOOD POLES POLICY FRAMEWORK POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY QUOTAS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESINS ROUNDWOOD RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAWNWOOD SILVICULTURE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX REVENUE TIMBER TIMBER SALES TIMBER TRADE TROPICAL FORESTRY TROPICAL TIMBER WATERSHED WATERSHED PROTECTION WOOD INDUSTRY WOOD PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTION WOOD PRODUCTS
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spelling	okr-10986-151112021-04-23T14:03:15Z Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report World Bank AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AUDITS BAMBOO BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPACITY BUILDING CHARCOAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONSERVATION DEBT DECIDUOUS FORESTS DEFORESTATION DETECTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EUCALYPTUS EVALUATION CRITERIA EXCHANGE RATE EXPLOITATION FIREWOOD FISH FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCTIVITY FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FOREST TREES FOREST UTILIZATION FORESTRY FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY INDUSTRY FORESTRY OPERATIONS FORESTRY POLICY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRUITS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD COLLECTION GNP INCOME JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LOGGING LOGS LUMBER MGP MIXED FORESTS NATURAL FORESTS NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS PLANTATIONS PLANTING PLYWOOD POLES POLICY FRAMEWORK POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY QUOTAS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESINS ROUNDWOOD RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAWNWOOD SILVICULTURE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX REVENUE TIMBER TIMBER SALES TIMBER TRADE TROPICAL FORESTRY TROPICAL TIMBER WATERSHED WATERSHED PROTECTION WOOD INDUSTRY WOOD PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTION WOOD PRODUCTS Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber products provide more than half of family income. The sector contributes 34 percent of total export value, and even more of net foreign exchange. Forestry royalties as a share of government revenues have decreased from 20 percent in the mid-1990s to 6 percent of tax revenues and 5 percent of all revenues last year. Collection rates are low, around 50 percent, and royalty revenues have been declining since mid-1990s. Over the last five years, Treasury has realized only about one-third of the estimated market value of the timber harvested. Current wood industries' capacity exceeds long-term sustainable AAC, and despite heavy investment, their performance has not met expectations. There is no evidence that wood production has had a positive impact on rural poverty; rather it has had a negative one by destroying the environment on which the poor depend. This report concludes that fundamental problems in the forest policy framework can, and must be corrected for forestry to make its full contribution to national development. This Review focuses on proposing a narrow and select set of priority policy and implementation initiatives: improving production forest management and utilization, community participation in forest management, and controlling illegal logging. With interlinked and mutually reinforcing efforts in these areas, the production forestry sub-sector could be put on a sustainable path, greatly enhancing prospects or success in biodiversity conservation, watershed management and upland rural development. The blend of policy institutional and investment action needed, and priority for implementation is indicated in the attached summary Forest Policy Matrix and Proposed Action Plan. 2013-08-16T15:09:48Z 2013-08-16T15:09:48Z 2001-06-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/5544587/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-production-forestry-policy-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15111 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC East Asia and Pacific Lao People's Democratic Republic
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topic	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AUDITS BAMBOO BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPACITY BUILDING CHARCOAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONSERVATION DEBT DECIDUOUS FORESTS DEFORESTATION DETECTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EUCALYPTUS EVALUATION CRITERIA EXCHANGE RATE EXPLOITATION FIREWOOD FISH FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCTIVITY FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FOREST TREES FOREST UTILIZATION FORESTRY FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY INDUSTRY FORESTRY OPERATIONS FORESTRY POLICY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRUITS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD COLLECTION GNP INCOME JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LOGGING LOGS LUMBER MGP MIXED FORESTS NATURAL FORESTS NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS PLANTATIONS PLANTING PLYWOOD POLES POLICY FRAMEWORK POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY QUOTAS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESINS ROUNDWOOD RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAWNWOOD SILVICULTURE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX REVENUE TIMBER TIMBER SALES TIMBER TRADE TROPICAL FORESTRY TROPICAL TIMBER WATERSHED WATERSHED PROTECTION WOOD INDUSTRY WOOD PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTION WOOD PRODUCTS
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AUDITS BAMBOO BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPACITY BUILDING CHARCOAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONSERVATION DEBT DECIDUOUS FORESTS DEFORESTATION DETECTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EUCALYPTUS EVALUATION CRITERIA EXCHANGE RATE EXPLOITATION FIREWOOD FISH FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCTIVITY FOREST QUALITY FOREST RESOURCES FOREST TREES FOREST UTILIZATION FORESTRY FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY INDUSTRY FORESTRY OPERATIONS FORESTRY POLICY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRUITS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD COLLECTION GNP INCOME JOINT IMPLEMENTATION LAND RESOURCES LAND USE LOGGING LOGS LUMBER MGP MIXED FORESTS NATURAL FORESTS NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS PLANTATIONS PLANTING PLYWOOD POLES POLICY FRAMEWORK POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY QUOTAS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESINS ROUNDWOOD RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAWNWOOD SILVICULTURE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX REVENUE TIMBER TIMBER SALES TIMBER TRADE TROPICAL FORESTRY TROPICAL TIMBER WATERSHED WATERSHED PROTECTION WOOD INDUSTRY WOOD PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTION WOOD PRODUCTS World Bank Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report
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description	Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber products provide more than half of family income. The sector contributes 34 percent of total export value, and even more of net foreign exchange. Forestry royalties as a share of government revenues have decreased from 20 percent in the mid-1990s to 6 percent of tax revenues and 5 percent of all revenues last year. Collection rates are low, around 50 percent, and royalty revenues have been declining since mid-1990s. Over the last five years, Treasury has realized only about one-third of the estimated market value of the timber harvested. Current wood industries' capacity exceeds long-term sustainable AAC, and despite heavy investment, their performance has not met expectations. There is no evidence that wood production has had a positive impact on rural poverty; rather it has had a negative one by destroying the environment on which the poor depend. This report concludes that fundamental problems in the forest policy framework can, and must be corrected for forestry to make its full contribution to national development. This Review focuses on proposing a narrow and select set of priority policy and implementation initiatives: improving production forest management and utilization, community participation in forest management, and controlling illegal logging. With interlinked and mutually reinforcing efforts in these areas, the production forestry sub-sector could be put on a sustainable path, greatly enhancing prospects or success in biodiversity conservation, watershed management and upland rural development. The blend of policy institutional and investment action needed, and priority for implementation is indicated in the attached summary Forest Policy Matrix and Proposed Action Plan.
author	World Bank
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title	Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report
title_short	Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report
title_full	Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report
title_fullStr	Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report
title_full_unstemmed	Lao PDR - Production Forestry Policy : Status and Issues for Dialogue, Volume 1. Main Report
title_sort	lao pdr - production forestry policy : status and issues for dialogue, volume 1. main report
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/5544587/lao-peoples-democratic-republic-production-forestry-policy-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15111
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