ABSTRACT

The forest revenue system in Niger has a number of interesting features, including: different levels of charges depending on whether a forest has a development plan or not; reductions in charge levels to encourage producers to harvest in certain areas; incentives for forestry staff to monitor forest operations; a number of forest funds at different levels of government; and complex arrangements for revenue sharing. This report describes in detail how these features work and presents information on total revenue collection and expenditure in the forestry sector. It also presents some suggestions for improvements to the system and an outlook for forest revenue collection in the country.