An overview of forest products statistics in South and Southeast Asia


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The EC-FAO Partnership Programme on Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management: Linking National and International Efforts in South Asia and Southeast Asia is designed to enhance country capacities to collect and analyze relevant data, and to disseminate and up-to-date information on forestry, and to make this information more readily available for strategic decision making. Thirteen countries in South and Southeast Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam) participate in the Programme. Operating under the guidance of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) Working Group on Statistics and Information, the initiative is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in close partnership with experts from participating countries. It draws on experience gained from similar EC-FAO efforts in Africa, and the Caribbean and Latin America and is funded by the European Commission.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL

DEVELOPMENT

Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management:

Linking National and International Efforts in

South and Southeast Asia

EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (2000-2002)

Tropical Forestry Budget Line B7-6201/1B/98/0531

PROJECT GCP/RAS/173/EC

in collaboration with

Forestry Department Headquarters, Rome

 

An overview of forest products statistics in South and Southeast Asia

edited by

Qiang Ma and Jeremy S. Broadhead

 

 


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FOREWORD

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

Introduction

Impacts of key changes in forests and forestry in the region

Institutional changes

Shifts in priorities and objectives

Shifts in sources of wood supply

Processing and trade of forest products

General assessment of current forest products statistics

Broad differences among national information systems

Institutional complexity and diminishing roles of government agencies in forestry statistics

Data flows in forestry

Decreasing availability of public information

Main constraints and key challenges

Increasing demand vs. limited national capacity

Fragmentation and duplication of efforts

Irrelevant and unutilised information

Conclusions and recommendations

Collecting useful information

Increasing co-ordination and collaboration

Building capacity in statistics

National forest products statistics, Bhutan

Introduction

Existing forest and forest products data

Data collected and methodologies used

Weakness and constraints in the current statistical system

Recommendations

References

National forest products statistics, Cambodia

Introduction

The current forest resource base

Weaknesses and constraints in the forest products statistical system

Commercial timber and wood consumption

Markets for Cambodian forest products

Conclusions

References

National forest products statistics, India

Introduction

The current forest products statistical system

Review of trade data

Weaknesses and constrains in the forest products statistical system

Recommendations to improve the forest products statistical system

Information sources

Forest Products Data, 1995-2000

National forest products statistics, Indonesia

Introduction

Forest products data collected and methodologies used

Potential users of forest products statistics

National forest products statistics and FAO

Recommendations to improve the forest products statistical system

References

Appendix 1. Contact person

National forest products statistics, Lao PDR

Introduction

Forest resources

Wood products supply

The wood industry

Forest products data collection

Available forest products data

Weaknesses and constraints in current statistical system

Recommendations to improve the forest products statistical system

References

National forest products statistics, Malaysia

Introduction

Organisation of forestry sector statistics

Data types, sources and methods

Users of forest products statistics

Dissemination of forestry statistics

Weaknesses and constraints in the forest products statistical system

Recommendations to improve the forest products statistical system

Conclusions

Appendix 1. Agencies involved in wood-products related data

National forest products statistics, Nepal

Introduction

Institutions involved in collection, analysis and dissemination of forest products data

Current and potential users of forest products statistics

Weaknesses and constraints in the current statistical system

Suggestions for improvement to the current statistical system

Conclusions

References

Appendix 1. Exchange rates of Nepalese rupee to us dollars

National forest products statistics, Pakistan

Introduction

Review of wood consumption by sub-sector

Review of existing forest products related data

Methodologies for data collection, compilation, validation and dissemination

Weakness and constraints in current statistical system

Suggestions

References

National forest products statistics, Philippines

Introduction

The current forestry statistical system

Forest products data collection, validation and dissemination

Uses and users of forestry statistics

Production and trade of forest products, 1996-2000

The reliability of forest products data

Weaknesses and constraints in the forest products statistical system

Recommendations

References

National forest products statistics, Sri Lanka

Introduction

Non-forest timber resources

Agencies dealing with timber production, harvesting and processing

The current forest products statistical system

Weaknesses and constraints in the forest products statistical system

Recommendations

National forest products statistics, Thailand

Introduction

Forest resources

Sources of forest products data

Production and trade of forest products

Recommendations

National forest products statistics, Viet Nam

Introduction

Forest products data sources and collection methodologies

Forest products statistical publications in Viet Nam

Main weaknesses and constraints in the current statistical system

Recommendations to improve forest products statistical systems

Organisations involved in collection, analysis and dissemination of forest products data