Promoting Multiple-use Forest Management: Which trade-offs in the timber concessions of Central Africa?

Lescuyer, Guillaume; Mvongo-Nkene, Mikhail Nelson; Monville, Guillaume; Elanga-Voundi, Marcien Boris; Kakundika, T.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.013

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“…These logging operations mostly take place in concessions, large state‐owned forest areas that are allocated to companies for timber harvesting according to a forest management plan (Lescuyer et al. ). We analyzed 64 concessions ranging in size from 217 to 12,100 km 2 (mean 1197 km 2 ).…”

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Effects of logging on roadless space in intact forest landscapes of the Congo Basin

Kleinschroth

Healey

Gourlet‐Fleury

et al. 2016

Conservation Biology

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Effects of logging on roadless space in intact forest landscapes of the Congo Basin

Kleinschroth

Healey

Gourlet‐Fleury

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Conservation Biology

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“…Furthermore, only seven other studies were deemed relevant for our evaluation since they provided ratings for 15 or more sub-criteria. Those studies were by Bowler et al (2012) on community forest management, Dawes et al (2018) on urban tree planting in the USA, Fabusoro et al (2014) on community institutions and sustainable forest management in southern Japan, Lescuyer et al (2015) on multiple-use forest management in central Africa, Huang et al (2012) on ecological, social and economic impacts of restoration program in southern China, Santika et al (2017) on avoided deforestation from community forestry scheme in Indonesia, and Zhang et al (2008) on impact of afforestation on water yield in southwest China. It is important to note, however, that the summary data (Table 3) overlook the role of restoration context; i.e.…”

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A framework to evaluate land degradation and restoration responses for improved planning and decision-making

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Parrotta

Chaudhary

et al. 2019

Ecosystems and People

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Avoiding, reducing or reversing land degradation will require increased restoration investments, carefully targeted and implemented to maximize environmental, economic and social benefits. Our objective was to develop a multi-criteria framework to assess effectiveness of land degradation responses for enhanced land use planning and restoration by evaluating both direct biophysical and socio-economic responses and indirect effects of various restoration strategies. The effectiveness of restoration responses is demonstrated for degraded forestland using a comprehensive literature review and case study in Nepal. The results show that most forestland restoration responses have an ecological focus with tree planting being the dominant direct response and economic and financial instruments the indirect responses. The results confirmed that environmental desirability was the dominant factor and economic feasibility was secondary for assessing restoration responses. Cultural acceptability was given the least consideration. Among sub-criteria, improved vegetative structure was the dominant restoration response. This study, originating from the Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, supports the view that the scientific community and decision-makers must give greater attention to cultural, social, technical, and political dimensions that influence the outcomes of restoration responses to solve the pervasive problem of land degradation.

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“…The concept of Multiple-use Forest Management has been put forward by FAO (Sabogal et al 2013) but is encountering difficulties related to the restrictive vision of "usage rights" conveyed by regulatory frameworks in Central Africa (Lescuyer et al, 2015). Moreover, if the development of new resources within the concession perimeter were to be reserved for the concession holder, it would mean removing local populations from the daily livelihoods they use (Tieguhong et al 2017, this issue) and the memory of the omnipotent concessionaires at the beginning of the 20th century would surely resurface.…”

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Forest concessions in Central Africa: an introduction to the Special Issue

Karsenty¹,

Hardin²

2017

int. forest. rev.

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SUMMARYForest concessions have been used by governments as a development instrument of remote and landlocked areas. Currently, in Africa, concessions are caught between the increase in population density in rural areas and agribusiness investors seeking land. They remain a controversial forest resource management instrument, although certification has been instrumental for improving management practices, in spite of contexts of poor governance. Relevance of traditional forest concessions is lowering in some places but innovations from both private and public actors create new opportunities of co-management of several "layers" of economic activity by different stakeholders sharing a common area.Keywords: forest concessions, sustainable forest management, certification, logging, Central Africa, evaluationLes concessions forestières en Afrique Centrale: une introduction au numéro thématique A. KARSENTY et R. HARDINLes concessions forestières ont été utilisées par les gouvernements comme instrument de développement des zones reculées et enclavées. Actuellement, en Afrique, les concessions sont prises en tenaille entre l'augmentation de la densité de population dans les zones rurales et les investisseurs agro-industriels à la recherche de terres. Elles demeurent un instrument controversé de gestion des ressources forestières, bien que la certification ait joué un rôle déterminant dans l'amélioration des pratiques de gestion, en dépit de contextes de mauvaise gouvernance. La pertinence des concessions forestières traditionnelles diminue à certains endroits, mais les innovations des acteurs privés et publics créent la possibilité de cogestion de plusieurs «couches» d'activités économiques par différents acteurs utilisant le même espace. Concesiones forestales en África Central: una introducción a la edición especialA. KARSENTY y R. HARDIN Las concesiones fore stales han sido utilizadas por los gobiernos como un instrumento de desarrollo de áreas remotas y sin litoral. En la actualidad, las concesiones en África se encuentran bajo la presión del aumento de la densidad de población en las zonas rurales y los inversores en agronegocios que buscan tierras. Siguen siendo un instrumento controvertido de gestión de los recursos forestales, aunque se reconoce que la certificación ha sido fundamental para mejorar las prácticas de gestión, a pesar de suceder en contextos de gobernanza deficiente. La importancia de las concesiones forestales tradicionales está disminuyendo en algunos lugares, pero las innovaciones de los actores privados y públicos abren la posibilidad de transformar el papel de las concesiones forestales en muchos territorios.

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Promoting Multiple-use Forest Management: Which trade-offs in the timber concessions of Central Africa?

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Effects of logging on roadless space in intact forest landscapes of the Congo Basin

Effects of logging on roadless space in intact forest landscapes of the Congo Basin

A framework to evaluate land degradation and restoration responses for improved planning and decision-making

Forest concessions in Central Africa: an introduction to the Special Issue

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