Sustainable forest management policies in Central Africa. Taking the informal sector into account

For 20 years, the Congo Basin countries have been implementing policies aimed at the sustainable management of their forest resources and at poverty reduction. These policies target the major timber concessions, whose production is exported, but overlook the informal small-scale chainsaw milling sector, which supplies domestic and regional markets. Yet this sector has taken the lead in terms of the volume of timber produced and provides jobs and income. At a time when States are increasingly urged to guarantee the legality – or even sustainability – of their production, it is urgent that they implement policies to ensure their small-scale chainsaw milling operations are more sustainable and to formalise the sector.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lescuyer, Guillaume, Cerutti, Paolo Omar
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	CIRAD
Subjects:	K10 - Production forestière, E70 - Commerce, commercialisation et distribution, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, E16 - Économie de la production, forêt, forêt tropicale, produit forestier, bois, bois débité, abattage d'arbres, pratique illégale, gestion des ressources naturelles, protection de la forêt, réglementation forestière, législation de l'environnement, politique forestière, aménagement forestier, économie forestière, marché intérieur, artisanat, durabilité, exploitation forestière, document d'orientation, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3062, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24904, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3049, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8421, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6831, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2847, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15682, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000115, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28075, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28079, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36263, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3060, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16129, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49864, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28667, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3483, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7775, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4ceffa55, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1432, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1811, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1229, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3161,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/589188/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/589188/1/Perspective_21_Lescuyer_ENG.pdf
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