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Social forestry and climate change in ASEAN

How can we address deforestation and meet

national targets for social forestry?

FORESTS IN ASEAN

FORESTS AND SOCIAL FORESTRY

TOTAL LAND AREA

COMMUNITY FORESTRY TARGETS

TRANSFER OF FORESTED LAND TO LOCAL PEOPLE IS STILL MOVING VERY SLOWLY

TARGET

COUNTRIES WITH NOTABLE

COMMUNITY FORESTRY EXPANSIONS

CAMBODIA 61.8%

PHILIPPINES 38.3% VIET NAM

15.4% THAILAND

154.2%

FOREST COVER

434 46%

15.9

million hectares

FOREST COVER DECLINE

6.3%

2.2

million ha since 2010 COMMUNITY FORESTRY

Six out of eight countries have achieved less than 10 per cent of their targets

CAMBODIA

INDONESIA

LAO PDR

MALAYSIA

MYANMAR

PHILIPPINES

THAILAND

VIET NAM

FOREST AREA MANAGED BY LOCAL PEOPLE WITH

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY AGREEMENTS, 2013

0 PERCENTAGE OF

TOTAL FOREST LAND 5 10 15 20 25 30

1.80

0.11

no data

0.13

26.12

2.23

25.08

3.5%

AVERAGE FOREST LAND UNDER COMMUNITY

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CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS

SO, WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

WHAT CAN WE DO?

TEMPERATURE INCREASE

SEA LEVELS INCREASING

EXTREME WEATHER BECOMING STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT

0.76˚C

315km/h

1–3mm

annually

MORE EFFECTIVE WORK ON ACHIEVING COMMUNITY FORESTRY TARGETS PER COUNTRY

Typhoon Haiyan’s 315 km/h wind speed at landfall in the Philippines, the strongest ever

INADEQUATE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS

COMPLEX AND TIME-CONSUMING NATURE OF LAND ALLOCATION

OVERLY RESTRICTIVE RULES

COMPLEX AND BUREAUCRATIC PROCEDURES

LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND CAPACITIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL

LIMITED PROFITABILITY OF SOCIAL FORESTRY

SIMPLIFY LAND ALLOCATION PROCESSES AND ADMINISTRATIVE

PROCEDURES BUILD TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL

CAPACITY AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS

ALLOCATE BETTER-QUALITY FORESTS THAT CAN GENERATE GREATER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS

TOGETHER WE CAN STRENGTHEN RIGHTS OF LOCAL PEOPLE TO OWN AND MANAGE FORESTED LANDS

TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION

REVISE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL RIGHTS TO OWN

AND MANAGE FORESTED LANDS

DEFORESTATION CONTINUES TO OUTPACE COMMUNITY FOREST GROWTH BY 6:1

13.3m ha

2.2 m ha

_{DEFORESTATION 2010–2013}

COMMUNITY FORESTRY 2010–2013

RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests P.O. Box 1111, Kasetsart Post Office Bangkok 10903, Thailand Tel (66-2) 940-5700 Fax (66-2) 561-4880 [email protected] www.recoftc.org