Forest concession policies and revenue systems : country experience and policy changes for sustainable tropical forestry

Forest concessions have been an important element of forestry, and forest management in many countries, including many developing countries. More often than not, the concessions experience of these countries has not been successful, and, improving their performance is not likely to be popular. There...

• Main Author: Gray, John Andrew
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2002
• Series: World Bank technical paper no. 522
• Subjects: 1990-1998; POLITICA FORESTAL; PRODUCTOS FORESTALES; CULTIVOS TROPICALES; POLITICA DE PRECIOS; ESTUDIOS DE CASOS; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; APLICACIONES; AGRICULTURA TROPICAL; APLICACIONES; CASOS PRACTICOS; TERCER MUNDO

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• Pt. 1. Forest concessions management options: 2. Forest concessions management issues
• 3. Alternative forest tenures: experiences from selected countries
• 4. Making forest concessions sustainable
• Pt. 2. Forest revenue and pricing policies: 5. Structure of forest prices
• 6. Forest revenues and pricing in tropical forests
• 7. Importance of forest fees
• 8. Developing an integrated forest revenue system
• 9. Suggested forest pricing policies for tropical forests
• 10. Forest pricing policies: summary
• Appendix: Forest revenue mechanisms: summary
• References
• Boxes
• Figure
• Tables.