2015
DOI: 10.3390/f6103433
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An Uneven Playing Field: Regulatory Barriers to Communities Making a Living from the Timber from Their Forests–Examples from Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam

Abstract: Community forestry (CF) is widely viewed as the solution to many of the challenges facing forest management and governance in the Asia-Pacific region. However, it is often felt that CF is not delivering on its potential. This paper focuses on one possible limitation: the role of regulations in curbing communities' ability to make a living from their timber resources. The work covers Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam, using policy analyses, national level experts' workshops, and focus group discussions in two CF site… Show more

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“…Another important challenge corresponds to the lack of compliance with the rule of law among many actors who derive profits from forest products, especially timber. Community forestry is linked to forest sector legality in a myriad of ways, as discussed in several of the papers of the special issue (e.g., [9][10][11][12][13][14]). For example, financial viability of community forestry timber production is threatened by illegally produced timber in Brazil [14], but also in many other countries.…”
Section: Community and Smallholder Forestry: Achieving Local And Non-mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Another important challenge corresponds to the lack of compliance with the rule of law among many actors who derive profits from forest products, especially timber. Community forestry is linked to forest sector legality in a myriad of ways, as discussed in several of the papers of the special issue (e.g., [9][10][11][12][13][14]). For example, financial viability of community forestry timber production is threatened by illegally produced timber in Brazil [14], but also in many other countries.…”
Section: Community and Smallholder Forestry: Achieving Local And Non-mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These additional costs undermine the economic viability of these operations, which can drive well-meaning stakeholders to exploit their forests outside of the law [10]. Illegal conversion of forests to alternative land uses also continues to remain a major challenge, reflecting once more a driver leading to inadequate compliance with the law that characterizes the forest sector in many contexts (e.g., [9,[11][12][13]). …”
Section: Community and Smallholder Forestry: Achieving Local And Non-mentioning
confidence: 99%
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