RECOFTC infographic A4
Social forestry and climate change in ASEAN
How can we address deforestation and meet
national targets for social forestry?
FORESTS IN ASEAN
TOTAL LAND AREA
FOREST COVER DECLINE
FOREST COVER
434
6.3%
46%
million
hectares
FORESTS AND SOCIAL FORESTRY
FOREST AREA MANAGED BY LOCAL PEOPLE WITH
OFFICIAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY AGREEMENTS, 2013
CAMBODIA
INDONESIA
1.80
no data
MALAYSIA
no data
MYANMAR
0.13
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
61.8%
26.12
THAILAND
154.2%
PHILIPPINES
38.3%
VIET NAM
15.4%
2.23
VIET NAM
PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL FOREST LAND 0
million ha
since 2010
3.5%
PHILIPPINES
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
2.2
AVERAGE FOREST LAND
UNDER COMMUNITY
FORESTRY
0.11
LAO PDR
COUNTRIES WITH NOTABLE
COMMUNITY FORESTRY EXPANSIONS
25.08
5
10
COMMUNITY FORESTRY TARGETS
15
20
25
30
TRANSFER OF FORESTED LAND TO LOCAL PEOPLE IS STILL MOVING VERY SLOWLY
TARGET
15.9
million hectares
Six out of eight countries have achieved less than
10 per cent of their targets
DEFORESTATION CONTINUES TO OUTPACE COMMUNITY FOREST GROWTH BY 6:1
COMMUNITY FORESTRY 2010–2013
2.2 m ha
DEFORESTATION 2010–2013
13.3m ha
CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
SEA LEVELS INCREASING
0.76˚C
1–3mm
annually
EXTREME WEATHER BECOMING STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT
315km/h
Typhoon Haiyan’s 315 km/h
wind speed at landfall in the
Philippines, the strongest ever
SO, WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
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
WHAT CAN WE DO?
MORE EFFECTIVE WORK ON ACHIEVING
COMMUNITY FORESTRY TARGETS PER COUNTRY
BUILD TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL
CAPACITY AT THE LOCAL AND
NATIONAL LEVELS
REVISE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS TO
STRENGTHEN LOCAL RIGHTS TO OWN
AND MANAGE FORESTED LANDS
SIMPLIFY LAND ALLOCATION
PROCESSES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES
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
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
info@recoftc.org
www.recoftc.org
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How can we address deforestation and meet
national targets for social forestry?
FORESTS IN ASEAN
TOTAL LAND AREA
FOREST COVER DECLINE
FOREST COVER
434
6.3%
46%
million
hectares
FORESTS AND SOCIAL FORESTRY
FOREST AREA MANAGED BY LOCAL PEOPLE WITH
OFFICIAL COMMUNITY FORESTRY AGREEMENTS, 2013
CAMBODIA
INDONESIA
1.80
no data
MALAYSIA
no data
MYANMAR
0.13
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
61.8%
26.12
THAILAND
154.2%
PHILIPPINES
38.3%
VIET NAM
15.4%
2.23
VIET NAM
PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL FOREST LAND 0
million ha
since 2010
3.5%
PHILIPPINES
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
2.2
AVERAGE FOREST LAND
UNDER COMMUNITY
FORESTRY
0.11
LAO PDR
COUNTRIES WITH NOTABLE
COMMUNITY FORESTRY EXPANSIONS
25.08
5
10
COMMUNITY FORESTRY TARGETS
15
20
25
30
TRANSFER OF FORESTED LAND TO LOCAL PEOPLE IS STILL MOVING VERY SLOWLY
TARGET
15.9
million hectares
Six out of eight countries have achieved less than
10 per cent of their targets
DEFORESTATION CONTINUES TO OUTPACE COMMUNITY FOREST GROWTH BY 6:1
COMMUNITY FORESTRY 2010–2013
2.2 m ha
DEFORESTATION 2010–2013
13.3m ha
CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
SEA LEVELS INCREASING
0.76˚C
1–3mm
annually
EXTREME WEATHER BECOMING STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT
315km/h
Typhoon Haiyan’s 315 km/h
wind speed at landfall in the
Philippines, the strongest ever
SO, WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
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
WHAT CAN WE DO?
MORE EFFECTIVE WORK ON ACHIEVING
COMMUNITY FORESTRY TARGETS PER COUNTRY
BUILD TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL
CAPACITY AT THE LOCAL AND
NATIONAL LEVELS
REVISE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS TO
STRENGTHEN LOCAL RIGHTS TO OWN
AND MANAGE FORESTED LANDS
SIMPLIFY LAND ALLOCATION
PROCESSES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES
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
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
info@recoftc.org
www.recoftc.org
Printed on recycled paper