Forest sustainability and the free trade of forest products: cases from Southeast Asia

Shimamoto, Mihoko; Ubukata, Fumikazu; Seki, Yoshiki

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.02.004

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“…There is, then, a powerful nexus between external commercial interests and entrenched internal economic and political actors, which makes the possibility of sustainable resource management a remote prospect. The net effect of this rampant exploitation is that some predict that the natural forest resources of Indonesia will be exhausted by the 2020s (Shimamoto et al 2004). A similar tale can be told for the Philippines, where only 7% of primary forests remain, something that contributes to that country's chronic problems with flash flooding.…”

Section: The Logic Of Competition and Despoliationmentioning

confidence: 96%

The coming of environmental authoritarianism

Beeson

2010

Environmental Politics

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Section: The Logic Of Competition and Despoliationmentioning

confidence: 96%

The coming of environmental authoritarianism

Beeson

2010

Environmental Politics

312

135

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“…Urban demand and agricultural exports are increasingly important drivers of deforestation (134). Availability of cheap timber from abroad undermines the incentives to invest in reforestation and forest management in countries with depleted forest cover (135). International trade also facilitates a forest transition in countries that increasingly meet their demand for wood and agricultural products through imports rather than by using their own land.…”

Section: Outsourcing Deforestationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Forest Transition: Prospects for an End to Deforestation

Meyfroidt

Lambin

2011

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

540

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Although global rates of tropical deforestation remain alarmingly high, they have decreased over the period 2000-2010, and a handful of tropical developing countries have recently been through a forest transition-a shift from net deforestation to net reforestation. This review synthesizes existing knowledge on the occurrence, causes, and ecological impacts of forest transitions and examines the prospects and policy options for a global forest transition. The ecological quality of forest transitions depends on multiple factors, including the importance of natural forest regeneration versus plantations. Given an increased competition for productive land between different land uses, a global forest transition will require major technological and policy innovations to supply wood and agricultural products. In the globalization era, national strategies aimed at forest protection and sustainable use of forest resources may have unintended effects abroad owing to a displacement of land use across countries. Decisions by consumers combined with certification schemes and moratoriums have an increasing influence on the fate of forests. 343

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“…Scheyvens (2000) argued that women do not benefit significantly from ecotourism projects. Other scholars with a similar view include Akama (1996), Sindiga (1995), Stonich, Sorensen, and Hundt (1995), Rudkin and Hall (1996), and Shimamotoi, Ubukata, and Seki (2004).…”

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The Role of Ecotourism in Promoting Women Empowerment and Community Development: Some Reflections From Kenya

Irandu¹,

Shah²

2014

JTHM

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Threats posed by climate change have necessitated the search for alternative income-earning opportunities that are sustainable in most rural areas of developing countries. Climate change is likely to impact more negatively on women than men. Therefore, there is a need for diversifying rural livelihoods to reduce poverty and improve social welfare. This paper examines the ways in which ecotourism empowers women participants in rural areas of Kenya by offering them alternative and sustainable livelihoods. The authors argue that the creation of income-generating activities for women through ecotourism would help alleviate poverty, improve the status of women, and promote sustainable development of the local communities. The methodology used for collecting data in this paper was primarily qualitative in nature consisting of field observations by the authors and case studies of ecotourism projects initiated and managed by women throughout the country. The study adopts a multiple case study research design by examining the impacts of several ecotourism projects in different parts of the country, some owned by women and others by members of the local communities. Secondary methods included literature search and review. Available literature concerning concept of ecotourism, principles and practices, and research findings in other parts of the world was analyzed and put in the context of the Kenyan situation. Information from secondary sources provided insights on how ecotourism ventures in other parts of the world have positively or negatively impacted women. Such literature provided lessons on how to manage ecotourism projects properly in order to empower women and promote community development in Kenya. While available literature review shows positive impacts of ecotourism on women and local communities in Kenya, not all ecotourism projects provide social empowerment to the community. Some communities do not appear to get any tangible social benefits from ecotourism projects. The study concludes by recommending that the initiation, planning, and implementation of ecotourism projects should be carefully done to benefit women and local communities.

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Forest sustainability and the free trade of forest products: cases from Southeast Asia

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

The coming of environmental authoritarianism

The coming of environmental authoritarianism

Global Forest Transition: Prospects for an End to Deforestation

The Role of Ecotourism in Promoting Women Empowerment and Community Development: Some Reflections From Kenya

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