A Legal and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Management of Forest Resources in Southern Sudan : Policy note

This policy note was prepared in response to a request from the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) for World Bank assistance in developing legislative and institutional policies and strategies that will take advantage of the potential of the region's forest resources to contribute to poverty alleviation, food security, sustainable agriculture, economic growth, and to protection of forest-related environmental services such as climate, biodiversity, water, and wildlife resources. The note is intended to: (a) take stock of the current situation on the ground, including identifying the legislative, institutional, governance, and policy reforms needed to create an enabling environment for both public and private-sector investment. This should help in contributing to improved understanding of the currently underutilized potential of Southern Sudan's forest resources; (b) analyze what has worked and what has not worked prior to and since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); and (c) suggest priority solutions and actions towards revitalizing the forestry sector. Key policy issues addressed in this note include: 1) strengthening forest resource information and knowledge base; 2) developing a coherent legislative and policy framework, organizational structure, and capacity for the sector; 3) promoting participatory forest and woodland management; 4) enabling forest-based industries to thrive; 5) creating an enabling environment for attracting private-sector investment; 6) protecting and enhancing forest-related environmental services; 7) using technical approaches to conservation and sustainable management of forest resources; and 8) introducing predictable and sustainable long-term financing mechanisms.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010-02-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FORESTS, ACCURATE INFORMATION, ACTION PLAN, ACTION PLANS, ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, AGROFORESTRY, ANIMAL, ANIMAL RESOURCES, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BUSH MEAT, CALCULATION, CAPACITY OF FORESTS, CARBON, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CO, COMMUNITY FOREST, COMMUNITY FORESTS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONCESSION, CONCESSION AGREEMENTS, CONCESSION MANAGEMENT, CONCESSION RIGHTS, CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, COUNTRY'S FOREST RESOURCES, CRUDE OIL, DEFORESTATION, DEFORESTATION PRESSURES, DEMAND FOR TIMBER, DIVERGENCE, ECOSYSTEM, EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, EUCALYPTUS, FENCING, FIREWOOD, FODDER, FOOD SECURITY, FOREST ACT, FOREST ADMINISTRATION, FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS, FOREST BIOMASS, FOREST CARBON, FOREST CARBON STOCKS, FOREST COMMISSION, FOREST COMMUNITIES, FOREST COMPANIES, FOREST CONCESSION, FOREST CONCESSIONS, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST CORPORATION, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST DEPARTMENT, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST ESTATE, FOREST EXPLOITATION, FOREST EXTENSION, FOREST FOODS, FOREST FUND, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST GROWTH, FOREST GUARDS, FOREST HABITAT, FOREST HABITATS, FOREST HARVESTING, FOREST INDUSTRIES, FOREST INDUSTRY, FOREST INDUSTRY SECTOR, FOREST INSTITUTIONS, FOREST INVENTORIES, FOREST INVENTORY, FOREST INVESTMENT, FOREST LAND, FOREST LAND USE, FOREST LAW, FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOREST LAWS, FOREST LEGISLATION, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS, FOREST MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES, FOREST MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY, FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FOREST MANAGERS, FOREST OFFICERS, FOREST OUTCOMES, FOREST PLANNING, FOREST POLICIES, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRODUCT, FOREST PROTECTION, FOREST RECOVERY, FOREST REFORMS, FOREST RESERVE, FOREST RESERVES, FOREST RESOURCE, FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST REVENUE, FOREST REVENUES, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST STAKEHOLDERS, FOREST TAXATION, FOREST TYPES, FOREST USERS, FORESTERS, FORESTRY, FORESTRY COMMISSION, FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT, FORESTRY EDUCATION, FORESTRY EXTENSION, FORESTRY INSTITUTIONS, FORESTRY ISSUES, FORESTRY MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTRY TRAINING, FORESTS, FORESTS MANAGEMENT, GHG, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL WARMING, GRASSLAND, GREENHOUSE, HUNTING, HUNTING AREAS, ILLEGAL HARVESTING, ILLEGAL LOGGING, INDIGENOUS FOREST, INDIGENOUS FORESTS, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY, LAKES, LAND ADMINISTRATION, LAND OWNERS, LAND POLICY, LAND TENURE, LAND USE PLANNING, LAND-USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LIVESTOCK, LOGGING, LOGS, MEDICINAL PLANTS, MIGRATORY BIRDS, MORATORIUM, MOUNTAIN RANGES, MOUNTAINS, NATIONAL FOREST DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL FOREST POLICY, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, NITROGEN, PALM, PLANTATION FORESTS, PLANTING, PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, PROVINCIAL FOREST, SAVANNA, SAVANNAH WOODLANDS, SAWMILLING, SILVICULTURE, STATE FORESTS, STEWARDSHIP, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, SWAMPS, TIMBER, TIMBER COMPANIES, TIMBER FOREST, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT, TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, TIMBER FOREST RESOURCES, TIMBER HARVESTING, TIMBER INDUSTRY, TIMBER PRODUCTS, TIMBER SALES, TIMBER SPECIES, TIMBER SUPPLY, TIMBER UTILIZATION, TOURISM, TREE, TREE SPECIES, TREES, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICAL VEGETATION, UNEP, WATERSHED, WETLAND AREA, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE RESOURCES, WOOD, WOOD INDUSTRY, WOOD PROCESSING, WOOD PRODUCTS, WOOD-BASED PANELS, WOODLAND, WOODLAND RESOURCES, WOODLANDS,
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