Forest Law and Sustainable Development : Addressing Contemporary Challenges Through Legal Reform

This study is intended to be a systematic and practical guide to the basic features of modern forestry legislation. It identifies a range of issues that should be considered in assessing the adequacy of forest laws and presents options for addressing those issues in ways that may improve the effectiveness of law as a foundation for sustainable forest management. Part One locates forestry law within the wider legal framework, exploring its complex interrelations with other sectoral and general laws. Land issues are given special treatment because the relationship between forest access and use and land tenure is so important. Part Two explores in detail the legal treatment of core forest management issues, such as forest classification, planning, concessions, licensing, and private forest management. Part Three focuses on the role of national and sub-national institutions in the sustainable management of forest resources. As decentralization of forestry responsibilities and devolution of powers are growing, local actors are given more prominent roles in forest planning, use, and management, through such means as community-based arrangements. Part Four explores a range of environmental and trade issues. Part Five examines financial and enforcement measures, emphasizing that compliance and enforcement of forest law should be reinforced by financial and administrative sanctions. The study concludes with some reflections on how the effectiveness of forest law can be enhanced by attention to the principles that guide the process of drafting.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Christy, Lawrence C., Di Leva, Charles E., Lindsay, Jonathan M., Takoukam, Patrice Talla
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2007
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURE, ALLOCATION OF LAND, BEAR, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BREEDING, BURNING, CARBON, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMUNAL PROPERTY, COMPENSATION, CONSUMER DEMAND, CULTURAL ASPECTS, CULTURAL PRACTICES, CUSTOMARY LAND, CUSTOMARY LAW, CUSTOMARY USE, DEFORESTATION, DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS, DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTS, DOMESTIC TRADE, ECONOMISTS, ECOSYSTEM, ENDANGERED SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXPLOITATION, EXPLOITATION OF FORESTS, FAUNA, FISH, FISH STOCKS, FISHERIES, FOREST, FOREST ACCESS, FOREST ACTIVITIES, FOREST ADMINISTRATION, FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS, FOREST AREAS, FOREST CODE, FOREST CONCESSIONS, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST CONSERVATION ACT, FOREST CORPORATIONS, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST DEPARTMENT, FOREST DESTRUCTION, FOREST DEVELOPMENT, FOREST DWELLERS, FOREST FUNDS, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST LAND, FOREST LAW, FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOREST LAWS, FOREST LEGISLATION, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING, FOREST MANAGERS, FOREST OFFENSES, FOREST OFFICERS, FOREST PLANNING, FOREST POLICIES, FOREST POLICY, FOREST PRINCIPLES, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST SECTOR, FOREST STEWARDSHIP, FOREST STRATEGY, FOREST TAXATION, FOREST USE, FOREST UTILIZATION, FOREST VILLAGERS, FOREST VILLAGES, FORESTERS, FORESTRY, FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, FORESTRY LAW, FORESTRY LAWS, FORESTRY LEGISLATION, FORESTRY REFORM, FORESTRY SECTOR, GROVES, HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, HABITATS, ILLEGAL HARVESTING, ILLEGAL LOGGING, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, ISSUES, LAND, LAND LAW, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANNING, LANDMARK, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOGGING, MIGRATION, MIGRATORY SPECIES, MOUNTAINS, NATIONAL FOREST, NATIONAL FOREST POLICIES, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARTNERSHIP, PASTURE, POLICY MAKERS, PRIVATE FOREST, PRIVATE FORESTS, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC FORESTRY, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, REFORESTATION, REFORESTATION FEES, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RIVERS, SOIL, STATE FOREST, STATE FOREST INSTITUTIONS, STATE FORESTS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS, SUSTAINABLE USE, TIMBER, TIMBER CERTIFICATION, TREE, TREES, VEGETATION, WATER RESOURCES, WETLANDS, WILD ANIMALS, WILDLIFE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7713135/forest-law-sustainable-development-addressing-contemporary-challenges-through-legal-reform-forest-law-sustainable-development-addressing-contemporary-challenges-through-legal-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6671
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