Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: Opportunities for Forestry Investment in Asia and the Pacific Through Carbon Offset Initiatives

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by

Anthony DiNicola, Don Justin Jones and Gerald Gray

WORKING PAPER SERIES

Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/29

Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

October 1997

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study is being undertaken under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission.

The Authors can be contacted as follows: 1. Anthony DiNicola - 3521 30th St., NW, Washington, DC 20008, <[email protected]> 2. Don Justin Jones - COPEC, 225 Madeline Dr., Pasadena, CA 91105, <[email protected]> 3. Gerald Gray - American Forests, 910 17th St., NW, Washington, DC, <[email protected]>

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.

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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Asia and the Pacific Region (Asia/Pacific) Region
1.2 Concepts and Terms
1.3 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC)
1.4 Policy Framework for JI/AIJ

2 PERSPECTIVES AND RESPONSES

2.1 Developing Countries

2.1.1 Asia/Pacific Region
2.1.2 Opportunities for Tangible Benefits
2.1.3 Costa Rica and Central America

2.2 Developed Countries

2.2.1 United States
2.2.2 The Netherlands
2.2.3 Australia
2.2.4 Canada
2.2.5 Japan

2.3 Private Sector Initiatives

2.3.1 Edison Electric Institute
2.3.2 The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
2.3.3 E-7 Network For Expertise
2.3.4 Forest Absorbing CO2 Emissions (FACE) Foundation

3 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR

3.1 Forestry Opportunities in the Asia/Pacific

3.1.1 Forest Conservation/Preservation
3.1.2 Forest Rehabilitation/Reforestation
3.1.3 Improved Forest Management/Reduced Impact Logging (RIL)
3.1.4 Commercial Plantations and Community Forestry
3.1.5 Biomass Energy/Fuelwood
3.1.6 Urban Forestry

3.2 Forestry Examples from Other Regions

3.2.1 Rio Bravo (Belize)
3.2.2 Scolel Te (Mexico)

3.3 Forestry Examples in the Asia/Pacific

3.3.1 Indonesia: Reduced Impact Logging
3.3.2 Malaysia: Tropical Forest Rehabilitation
3.3.3 Malaysia: Reduced Impact Logging
3.3.4 Fiji: Community Forestry Pine Plantations
3.3.5 Solomon Islands: Natural Forest Management
3.3.6 Papua New Guinea: Integrated Conservation and Development
3.3.7 Vanuatu

4 EMERGING PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR AIJ IN THE ASIA/PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR

4.1 Increasing Receptivity Toward AIJ in the Region
4.2 Forestry Sector Challenges

4.2.1 NGO Environmental Concerns
4.2.2 Bias toward energy sector proposals

5. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AIJ IN THE ASIA/PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR

5.1 Creating an international framework for JI/AIJ
5.2 Building Policy and Institutional Frameworks in Developing Countries

5.2.1 Domestic Policies and Institutions
5.2.2 Domestic AIJ Task Force and Programme
5.2.3 Sectoral AIJ Workshops
5.2.4 Building Awareness and Understanding of AIJ
5.2.5 Estimating the Project Opportunity in the Region

6. FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR JI/AIJ

7. REFERENCES