Presentation of Research Study on Sustainable Development of Forest Resources in Cambodia

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A Research Report

Presented to

The Faculty of the Graduate School

Norton University

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Ms. Sorn Somoline

Lecturer: Prof. Fe D Prudenciado


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INTRODUCTION

Economic growth: localsupply, export to

international market

Social: forest community,

tourism, science, researchstudy

Cultural: Spirit forest

Rural livelihood: House

building, Fuel wood

Environment: ecosystem

(forest biodiversity, wildlife),

erosion prevention, storm,

drought, flood.

Source: Forest Cover, 2002, FA


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INTRODUCTION

Unsustainable management: Forestconcession management, forestrycommunity, code of practice.

Lack of law enforcement : Illegal

logging, Encroachment. Population growth: Increase of

demand for construction, Increase offuel wood supply (six million m3 ofwood is used every year).

Economic growth: Export roundwood in 1990s (600,000 m3 eachyear and increased to 4.3 million m3in 1991 ) Source: Forestry Administration, 2007

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INTRODUCTION

The objective of the study:

To identify the policies and legislations for

supporting the sustainable forest management in

Cambodia.

To ensure the key challenges of government

agencies for sustainable forest management.

To determine the effective mechanism for theforestry sector and all stakeholders to implement

the sustainable forest development in Cambodia.


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DISCUSSIONS

1. Cambodian policies and legislation for

sustainable forest management

Policy support forest management :Millennium

Development Goal, Rectangular Strategy,

Cambodians forest policies.

Legislations : Forestry law, Sub-Degree on Forest

concession management, Community forestry,Declaration, Code of practice for forest harvesting.


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DISCUSSIONS

2. Key challenges of Government for sustainable forestmanagement

Laws enforcementagainst illegal logging.

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- Protected area

- Forest land for production (forest concessionmanagement, community forestry management,

plantation forest management and unorganized multi-valueharvesting)

- Harmonization of forest management system in ASEAN 'ssustainable forest management


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DISCUSSIONS

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- The enabling agencies :Government agencies (TheMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, TheMinistry of Environment), Civil SocietyOrganization , Donor.

- The framing agencies : Ministry of Interior,Ministry of Economy and Finance, and Council ofMinisters

- The implementation agencies: Publicorganizations (Government Department), private sectoragencies (concessionaires ), non governmental agencies.

- End users of forest ser: Directly, forest livelihooddependent groups and indirectly all citizens through acontribution to the national economy and the maintenanceof environmental services.


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CONCLUSION

Mechanism for Sustainable forest management :

Government plays a central role, as the lead agent forpolicy.

The policy framework acts as a hub through whichservices are delivered and users access resources.

The policy framework also plays a key role as aninstrument allowing citizens to contribute to sectoralpolicy and advocacy agencies to represent the voicesand arguments of those who either cannot have theirown voice (in the case of biodiversity) or are notsufficiently empowered such as the extreme poor.

The stakeholder can combine the important features oftrust, transparency, openness and flexibility together.


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CONCLUSION

An effective partnership process has brought stakeholderstogether to set up voluntary, cooperative partnerships and aModel Forest Partnership Committee. The committee iscomprised of representatives of differences stakeholder groupsincluding the government, Non government organization,

industries, farmer, technology providers and academicorganizations. The partnership committee provides a forum forexchanging ideas on forest management, resolving conflictsand encouraging participatory decision making.

Conflict of interest related to forest management (Forestry

Administration and Ministry of Environment ).

Confusion of roles within government : when officials are seento make decisions and propose policies when their relatives orfriends have related business interests that caused the lack oflaw enforcement.


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RECOMMENDATION

Illegal logging: (i) Providing assessments that link illegal loggingand forest crime to livelihood concerns and determine theinstitutional capacity for governance; (ii) Strengthening judicialsystems and the rule of law; (iii) Reforming concessions, policiesand regulations; (iv) Promoting the adoption of log trackingtechnology to follow timber from harvest through milling to

ensure that illegal wood does not enter the legal supply (v) Visiblydemarcating boundaries between concessions, protected areas, andindigenous territories ; (vi) Encouraging investments insustainable forest management ; (vii) Developing commonstandards for measuring and reporting forest crime and; (viii)Boycotting timber from conflict zones .

Encourage ownership at the community scale: (i) Recognizing andenforcing indigenous rights; (ii) Including low-income andindigenous peoples in the process of rule making andimplementation.


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RECOMMENDATIONS

Solution on overlap of responsibility and confusion ofrole between forest stake holders: (i) Reduce conflictsbetween formal laws and traditional norms and forestuses; (ii) Establish or clarify property rights toecosystem services and responsibilities for providing

them; (iii) Motivate stakeholders to collaborate in lawenforcement by enabling them to effectivelyparticipate in decision making and share the benefitsof legal harvesting and conservation; (iv) Increaserisk to those engaged in illegal practices; (v) Provide

transparent mechanisms for conflict resolution. Increase public salaries.

Administration reform for bureaucrats.

Capacity building for forestry officers.


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