Forest cover in Sri Lanka has declined drastically during the last century. Some of the remaining forests, which are …. This study assesses that policy and four alternative policy measures: legislative approaches; establishment of forest … prices encourage illegal timber extraction from natural forests. Despite the profitability of commercial forest plantations …

This study assesses the performance of the forest pricing system currently in force in Peninsular Malaysia. It … trees. The study advises that such underpricing encourages the rapid depletion of forest resources, wasteful extraction …

Past experience with the forest management system of Cambodia has shown that the open-access forest scheme has … contributed to the decline of timber and non-timber forest products collected from the forests. Authorities have responded by …. To assess if this scheme is worth supporting, an economic analysis of a CF managed forest is compared with alternative …

that an estimated 153 ha of forest should be established to offset the carbon emission due to the clearing of such hills …. This means that the carbon offset project will require the establishment of one hectare of forest for every two hills …

This study aims to assess the performance and the short-term impacts of the payment for forest environmental services …. The environmental impact is assessed by proxy variables such as time spent conducting forest protection and conservation …, amount of illegal logging, forest removed or burned, and farmers’ and local authorities’ awareness of environmental …

carbon loss in the ancestral domain due to possible deforestation in the old growth forest is a lot higher than expanding …