Community Forest Management Trends in Southeast Asia

There is growing interest in exploring ways to link the formal forestry sector to informal and emerging initiatives of rural communities. This is a challenge task as the forestry sector in Southeast Asia, as in many parts of the world, continues to be characterized by a technocratic, hierarchical, and bureaucratic orientation to management, and the need to retain control and authority. The informal forest cultures of the region, by contrast, emphasize a socio-cultural orientation and a multiplicity of use.

In the face of rapid deforestation, and the resulting loss of biodiversity, torrential downstream floods, and water shortages, Southeast Asian governments, city dwellers, and rural communities have grown increasingly concerned over the deteriorating state of their forests and watersheds. Recognizing the role communities can play in the future of forest management in Southeast Asia, there has been a growing movement in the region to formulate laws, policies and programs to formally involve rural people in forest stewardship.

Link to the following Case Studies :

• Flood Forests, Fish, and Fishing Villages around Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
• Communities Transforming Forestlands in Java, Indonesia
• Communities and Watershed Governance in Visayas, Philippines
• Communities for Watershed Protection in Mae Khan, Thailand
• The Return of Limestone Forest in Northeastern Vietnam

Source:
- Poffenberger, Mark, Rowena Soriaga and Peter Walpole. 2006. Forest Stewardship in Southeast Asia. Bohol, Philippines: Asia Forest Network.

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