Policies to Promote Household Based Plantation Forestry and Their Impacts on Livelihoods and the Environment: Cases from Ethiopia, China, Vietnam and Sweden

The growing economies in the South, market globalization, population growth, social conflicts and climate change increase the strain on land and forest resources, and require a cost effective and ecologically sound production of goods and services to meet public needs. Based on global assessment dat...

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Published in:The international forestry review 2015, Vol.17 (1), p.98-111
Main Authors: Sandewall, M., Kassa, H., Wu, S., Khoa, P.V., He, Y., Ohlsson, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agroforestry
case studies
Change Assessment
climate change
Commercial forests
cost effectiveness
Forest cover
Forest management
forest plantations
Forest restoration
Forest Science
Forestry development
Forestry policy
Forests
globalization
Household Based Forestry
inventories
Land Use
landscapes
livelihood
markets
Multi-Scale Approach
people
Plantation forestry
population growth
research policy
Skogsvetenskap
Sustainable forest management
sustainable forestry
Trends
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Summary:The growing economies in the South, market globalization, population growth, social conflicts and climate change increase the strain on land and forest resources, and require a cost effective and ecologically sound production of goods and services to meet public needs. Based on global assessment data, four country level (Ethiopia, China, Vietnam, Sweden) and six local case studies and using a multi-scale approach, this paper examines trends and drivers in household based plantation forestry and reviews how policies affecting forest plantation and land use are interpreted and implemented at the local level. It discusses how sustainable forestry systems and policies can be developed which provide industrial supplies, promote environmental objectives and support the livelihoods of people. Besides reflecting characteristics and diversity of current trends in plantation forestry, the paper illustrates that local landscape studies could help in explaining trends revealed by national inventories in a way relevant to policy and research.
ISSN:1465-5489
2053-7778
2053-7778
DOI:10.1505/146554815814725059