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8/13/2019 FAO Bruno Cammaert

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Bruno Cammaert

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok

PEFC Week, Kuala Lumpur,

November 2013

State of forestry in the

Asia-Pacific Region


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Structure of the presentation

Forest cover change

Forest products

Forest use and tenure

Drivers of change

Progress towards SFM


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Forests of Asia and the Pacific - 2010

OF TOTAL LAND AREA

740,000,000ha

26%But only 0.2 ha

per person


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Forest area by sub-region2010

(million ha)

255

80214

191


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Forest Area Change 1990-2010

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

East Asia South

Asia

Southeast

Asia

Oceania Asia and

the Pacific

Area(million

hectares).

1990 2000 2010


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Primary forests

19% OF ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTS

30%OF SOUTH EAST ASIAS FORESTS

34% OF THE WORLDS FORESTS


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Other naturally regenerated forests

63%OF SOUTHEAST ASIAS FOREST

65%OF ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTS



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Planted forests

16% OF ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTS

7% OF SOUTHEAST ASIAS FORESTS



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Wood productsindustrial round wood

010

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

millionm3

Import & Export of Industrial Roundwood (Asia)

Import

Export

0

5

10

15

20

25

millionm3

Import & Export of Industrial Roundwood (Oceania)

Import

Export

ASIA

OCEANIA


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Wood productssawn wood, panels, and

paper

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

millionm3

Sawnwood Production

020

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

millionm3

Wood-based Panel Production

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

milliontonnes

Paper and Paper Board Production

Asia

Oceania


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Wood productskey trends

Significant decline in woodproduction in some countries

Exhaustion of forest resources

Concerns about environmental

protection

Regional focus Internationalfocus

Round wood exports Value-added exports

Emergence as a majorproducer/exporter of woodenfurniture


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Forest Tenure

Forest ownership in Asia-Pacific

Private

sector

4%

Owned oradministered

by

governments

68%

Owned or

designated

for use by

communities

28%


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Forest Use

32% primarily for theproduction of wood and

NWFPs

20% multiple-use

management

14% Conservation of

biodiversity


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Key drivers of change

What happens to forests and forestry is

determined to a large extent by whathappens outside the forestry sector and

by larger societal changes.


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Key drivers of change: Demographics

Asia-Pacificworlds mostdensely populated region

Population increase

3.6 billion (2005)4.2 billion (2020)

Greatest increases in

densely populated

developing countries

Urban population

38% people in urban areas (2005)

47% people in urban areas (2020)


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Key drivers of change: Economics

High growth rates increasing thedemand for food, fiber and fuel

Poverty rates will decline, but the

number of poor will remain high

Recent reductions, export orientated

countries hit hardest (e.g., Cambodia,

Malaysia, Thailand)

Swelling middle class

Structural changes: Declining importance of agriculture in

income and employment

Globalization Diminishing importance of the role of

governments


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Key drivers of change: Agriculture

Agricultural expansion is theprimary reason for forestconversion in many countries

A few agricultural cropsaccount for a largeproportion of deforestation

Rubber plantations are

expanding in forest areas

Oil palm plantations set tospread significantly


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Key drivers of change: Infrastructure

Road network expansiongreatest in more

developed countries

Impacts greatest in less

developed countries


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Key drivers of change: Politics and

policies

Greater democracy and political accountability

Transparency in functioning and accountability

of public institutions and officialsrights to

information

Forest governance under increased public

scrutiny

Demands for participation in public policy

decision making

Shift from timber-focused management to

multiple-use management

Greater emphasis on ecosystem services and

sustainable development

Potential contributions of forestry to green

economy


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Key drivers of change: Societal and

Environmental concerns

Local and national issues andactions

Global and regional

environmental

drivers:

International commitments

and the outcomes of climate

change negotiations

Pressure from stakeholders

in the global forest resource


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Progress toward Sustainable Forest

Management

Improved stakeholder participation andlocal forest tenure mainstreamed into

National Forest Programmes

Sustained efforts in

REDD+ readiness

FLEGT: demand and supply

Third party certification of

legality, SFM andChain-of-Custody

Payments for ecosystem services (PES)


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