Question

What are some of the legal and political factors to consider in forest management for timber on public lands? What other stakeholders are involved? please answer in depth

Answer 1

   Forest management is now tries to reconcile the demands of users,mainly for local people, they tries to improve the profits by their works and with investment opportunities,they depends on the forests for construction material,fuel,food etc.These people thought that,forest is a very stable and with open environment.

The main four fundamentals on which the concept of sustainable management should be based to avoid ambiguity:

1.The stability of forests and their management can easily achieved when management responsibilities are clearly identified,

2.On one hand we should secure the livelihoods of the present generations and on the other hand we should maintain the forest heritage,

3.We should maintain a balance between forests and other land uses,

4.And we should move towards the environmental protection function of forests and we have to spread the information that it doesn't decreases the value of their productive function.

    Forest policies mainly focused on wood production and on the concept of sustained yield.The following aspects helps to provide effective incentives for sustainable forest management:

• The forest policy should focus on the behaviour of the social groups that will share an interest in the use of resources which will be available on the forests.
• Policy interaction between the forestry and other related sectors like animal husbandry,agriculture etc.
• The maintenance and the sustainable mangement of the forest is very important because it is a renewable natural resource for present and future generations.
• For determining the economics of forest management,price policies of all the goods which will be sent to market to sold, is essential.