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One impact of centralization that is proved to be the most destructive of forest is alienation of the people from the forest land. As we have briefly described earlier, most countries of the Asia-Pacific have from the seventeenth century till date have consistently brought the forest land under central control.
Study of the forest management policies of some of the Asian Pacific countries make strange reading. That sustainability is one of the basic element of use of any resource was totally lost sight of. The countries concerned reacted to the market demand of timber as if the goods that the forests generate are manufactured and thus can be made available on future as well on will. When the timber prices went up, the governments concerned leased out large areas of forests to the concessionaires for harvesting.
In addition to the impacts discussed above, another was to spurt the government to take a number of initiatives in forest management. One was to try to increase forest productivity to deal with the increasing local and international demand of timber and the second was to increase the protection force to keep the vandals away from the forests. As annual timber productivity of fast growing plantations is more than that of natural forests, the plantation programme was increased manifold by some countries.
In spite of the fact that most governments have usurped large sections of the forest areas and put them under its own control, there continues to be a large population who are partially if not fully dependent on the forest resources.
Another impact of the centralization policies and laws is the appearance of a strong environmental lobby in most countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This is supported by international NGOs and also by the international donors. This lobby is concerned about the loss of habitat, wild animals, and bio-diversity. Their major argument is that the losses are so fast that total disappearance is not far off unless it is pre-empted by segregating sufficient percentage of forest land specifically as biosphere reserves, national parks, sanctuaries etc.
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Study of the forest management policies of some of the Asian Pacific countries make strange reading. That sustainability is one of the basic element of use of any resource was totally lost sight of. The countries concerned reacted to the market demand of timber as if the goods that the forests generate are manufactured and thus can be made available on future as well on will. When the timber prices went up, the governments concerned leased out large areas of forests to the concessionaires for harvesting.
In addition to the impacts discussed above, another was to spurt the government to take a number of initiatives in forest management. One was to try to increase forest productivity to deal with the increasing local and international demand of timber and the second was to increase the protection force to keep the vandals away from the forests. As annual timber productivity of fast growing plantations is more than that of natural forests, the plantation programme was increased manifold by some countries.
In spite of the fact that most governments have usurped large sections of the forest areas and put them under its own control, there continues to be a large population who are partially if not fully dependent on the forest resources.
Another impact of the centralization policies and laws is the appearance of a strong environmental lobby in most countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This is supported by international NGOs and also by the international donors. This lobby is concerned about the loss of habitat, wild animals, and bio-diversity. Their major argument is that the losses are so fast that total disappearance is not far off unless it is pre-empted by segregating sufficient percentage of forest land specifically as biosphere reserves, national parks, sanctuaries etc.
Here you are my friend. Five points on impact of forest laws. Hope it helps you. Have a great day!
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